Austin–San Marcos, TX 

National Compensation Survey 

April 2006 

_________________________________________________________________________________________ 

U.S. Department of Labor 

Elaine L. Chao, Secretary 

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 

Philip L. Rones, Acting Commissioner 

September 2006 

Bulletin 3135–03
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Preface

ata shown in this bulletin were collected as part of the 

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) National Compensation Survey (NCS). The survey could not have been conducted without the cooperation of the many private firms 

and government jurisdictions that provided pay data included in this bulletin. The Bureau thanks these respondents for their cooperation. 

 Field economists of the Bureau of Labor Statistics collected and reviewed the survey data. The Office of Compensation and Working Conditions, in cooperation with the 

Office of Field Operations and the Office of Technology 

and Survey Processing in the BLS National Office, designed the survey, processed the data, and prepared the 

survey for publication. 

 For additional information regarding this survey, please 

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Contents

Page 

Introduction................................................................................................................................................ 1 

Tables: 

1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours for selected worker 

 and establishment characteristics.................................................................................................... 3 

2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers 

 by work levels................................................................................................................................. 4 

3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers 

 by work levels................................................................................................................................. 8 

4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers 

 by work levels................................................................................................................................. 11 

5. Combined work levels for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time 

 and part-time workers..................................................................................................................... 13 

6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles..................................................................................... 17 

7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles ........................................................................ 20 

8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles ...................................................... 22 

9. Full-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles ...................................................................... 23 

10. Part-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles ...................................................................... 25 

11. Full-time civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual 

 earnings and mean weekly and annual hours .................................................................................. 26 

12. Full-time private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual 

 earnings and mean weekly and annual hours .................................................................................. 29 

13. Full-time State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual 

 earnings and mean weekly and annual hours .................................................................................. 31 

14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings of private industry establishments 

 for major occupational groups........................................................................................................ 33 

15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual 

 earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time private industry workers ...................... 34 

16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual 

 earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time private industry workers ...................... 35 

17. Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups .................... 37 

18. Time and incentive workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups ...................... 38 

19. Industry sector: Mean hourly earnings for private industry workers 

 by major occupational group .......................................................................................................... 39 

Appendixes: 

A. Technical Note................................................................................................................................. A – 1 

 Appendix table 1. Number of workers represented by the survey .................................................. A – 5 

 Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response.......................................................................... A – 6 

B. Standard Occupational Classification System.................................................................................. B – 1 
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Introduction

he tables in this bulletin summarize the NCS results for 

the Austin–San Marcos, TX, metropolitan area. Data 

were collected between March 2006 and July 2006; the average reference month is April 2006. Tabulations provide 

information on earnings of workers in a variety of occupations and at different work levels. Also contained in this 

bulletin are information on the program, a technical note 

describing survey procedures, and an appendix with detailed information on occupational classifications. 

 Most of the earnings estimates in this bulletin are presented as mean hourly earnings. Mean weekly and annual 

earnings, and the corresponding hours, also are provided 

for full-time employees in specific occupations. Some occupations, such as teachers and fire fighters, typically have 

shorter or longer work schedules than do the majority of 

full-time workers. The weekly and annual estimates are 

useful for comparing the earnings of occupations having 

different work schedules. 

NCS products

The Bureau’s National Compensation Survey provides 

comprehensive measures of occupational earnings, compensation cost trends, benefit incidence, and detailed plan 

provisions. The Employment Cost Index, a quarterly 

measure of the change in employer costs for wages and 

benefits, is derived from the NCS. Employer Costs for 

Employee Compensation measures employers’ average 

hourly costs for wages and benefits. NCS also measures 

the incidence and provisions of benefit plans. This bulletin 

is limited to data on occupational wages and salaries. 

Changes to the publications 

The locality wage publications have undergone a number of 

significant changes. Beginning with the 3135 bulletin series, the releases employ: 

1. The 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) 

system and the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 

2. An expanded scope of establishments, lowering the minimum establishment size for private industry from 50 workers to 1 worker 

3. Imputation for temporary non-response situations 

4. Benchmarking of estimated employment 

5. Redesigned tables, to reflect the new classification system and to emphasize work levels 

About the tables 

The tables that follow present data on straight-time occupational earnings, which include wages and salaries, incentive 

pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. These 

earnings exclude premium pay for overtime, vacations, 

holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. About 800 detailed occupations, listed in Appendix B, are used to describe all occupations in the civilian nonfarm economy (excluding the Federal Government and private households). 

Data are not shown for any occupations if they would raise 

concerns about the confidentiality of the survey respondents or if the data are insufficient to support reliable estimates. 

 Table 1 presents an overview of all tables in this bulletin. Mean hourly earnings, weekly hours, and relative standard errors are given for all industries, private industry, and 

State and local government for selected worker and establishment characteristics. The worker characteristics include 

high-level occupational aggregation, full-time or part-time 

status, union or nonunion status, and time or incentive pay. 

Establishment characteristics include goods and service 

producing and size of establishment. 

 Table 2 presents mean hourly earnings data by work 

level for major occupational groups and for detailed occupations. Separate data are also shown for full-time and 

part-time workers. Table 3 provides work level data for 

private industry workers. Table 4 provides similar data for 

State and local government workers. Table 5 simplifies the 

work levels by combining them into broader groups within 

major and detailed occupations, and for full-time and parttime workers. 

Tables 6 through 10 present hourly wage percentiles 

that describe the distribution of hourly earnings for individual workers within each published occupation. Data are 

provided for the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles 

for detailed occupations within all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time workers, and 

part-time workers. 

 Table 11 presents mean and median hourly, weekly, and 

annual earnings, and the associated hours, for major occupational groups and detailed occupations for full-time 

workers. Table 12 provides the same type of information 

for private industry workers. Table 13 provides similar 

data for State and local government workers. 

 Table 14 presents mean hourly earnings data for establishment employment sizes by high-level occupational agT
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gregations in the private sector. Tables 15 and 16 provide 

mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings data 

for full-time employees in private establishments with 

fewer than 100 workers, and in private establishments with 

100 workers or more. 

 Table 17 presents mean hourly earnings data for union 

and nonunion workers in all, private, and State and local 

government establishments by high-level occupational aggregation. Table 18 provides hourly earnings data for time 

and incentive workers in all and private establishments by 

high-level occupational aggregation. Table 19 presents 

mean hourly earnings data for major industry divisions 

within the private sector. 

 Appendix table 1 presents the number of workers represented by the survey, by high-level occupational aggregation and for all industries, private industry, and State and 

local government. Appendix table 2 provides the number 

of establishments in the sampling frame and the number of 

responding and nonresponding establishments. 
Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Austin-San

Marcos, TX, April 2006

Worker and establishment

characteristics

Civilian

workers

Private industry

workers

State and local government

workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours3

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours3

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours3

Mean

Relative

error2

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error2

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error2

(percent)

All workers .......................................................... $18.95 3.6 36.4 $18.30 4.6 36.2 $21.51 2.5 37.4

Worker characteristics4,5

Management, professional, and related ........... 30.81 2.7 38.8 33.67 3.8 39.5 25.91 3.7 37.7

Management, business, and financial .......... 31.26 4.9 40.4 33.46 5.6 41.1 27.86 12.4 39.3

Professional and related ............................... 30.58 3.1 38.0 33.78 4.1 38.7 24.79 4.9 36.9

Service .............................................................. 10.17 6.1 33.0 8.89 8.2 32.6 19.33 7.0 35.5

Sales and office ................................................ 15.16 10.8 35.6 15.50 12.5 35.2 13.36 5.4 37.6

Sales and related .......................................... 17.39 25.7 33.8 17.46 26.1 33.7 – – –

Office and administrative support ................. 13.95 2.7 36.6 14.14 3.0 36.3 13.35 5.5 37.5

Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ................................................... 16.02 3.4 40.8 16.01 3.7 41.2 16.11 7.1 37.9

Construction and extraction ......................... 16.03 8.6 39.5 16.59 11.0 40.4 14.54 7.1 37.2

Installation, maintenance, and repair ............ 16.01 6.0 41.3 15.83 6.0 41.4 20.29 6.0 40.0

Production, transportation, and material

moving ............................................................ 11.08 4.6 34.7 10.88 4.8 34.6 15.20 11.4 36.9

Production .................................................... 12.35 5.1 38.7 12.12 5.4 38.7 – – –

Transportation and material moving ............. 9.51 3.5 30.7 9.34 3.7 30.5 12.58 11.0 34.5

Full time ............................................................ 20.22 4.0 40.0 19.85 4.9 40.0 21.53 3.5 40.1

Part time ........................................................... 10.17 7.7 22.4 8.92 3.4 22.9 21.21 23.0 18.9

Union ................................................................ 22.36 2.3 40.0 22.36 2.3 40.0 – – –

Nonunion .......................................................... 18.92 3.6 36.4 18.26 4.5 36.1 21.51 2.5 37.4

Time .................................................................. 18.42 3.4 36.2 17.57 4.3 35.9 21.51 2.5 37.4

Incentive ........................................................... 27.74 11.5 40.1 27.74 11.5 40.1 – – –

Establishment characteristics

Goods producing .............................................. 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 24.49 3.7 40.1 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 ( )

Service providing .............................................. 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 16.68 4.8 35.3 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 ( )

1-99 workers ..................................................... 15.11 8.5 36.6 15.11 8.5 36.6 13.77 11.3 40.2

100-499 workers ............................................... 19.40 6.6 34.9 19.36 6.9 34.8 20.64 1.7 38.3

500 workers or more ......................................... 23.28 4.7 37.3 25.30 9.6 37.1 21.57 2.6 37.4

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They

include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium

pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is

computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,

weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of

the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample

estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,

exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based

on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are

determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on

hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially

based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production

bonuses. 5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational

Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-providing

industries applies to private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North

American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication

criteria.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Austin-San

Marcos, TX, April 2006

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

All workers .............................................................................. $18.95 3.6 $20.22 4.0 $10.17 7.7

Management occupations ................................................. 39.04 7.8 39.22 7.7 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 27.29 12.0 27.39 12.8 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 44.78 8.4 44.78 8.4 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 47.62 7.7 47.62 7.7 – –

Financial managers .......................................................... 43.94 15.8 43.94 15.8 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 51.90 24.4 51.90 24.4 – –

Education administrators .................................................. 54.09 34.8 58.90 29.7 – –

Business and financial operations occupations ............. 23.45 2.0 23.45 2.0 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 20.20 2.9 20.20 2.9 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 21.73 6.5 21.73 6.5 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 24.23 7.7 24.23 7.7 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 29.90 13.7 29.90 13.7 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 22.92 8.8 22.92 8.8 – –

Human resources, training, and labor relations

specialists ................................................................... 26.40 7.1 26.40 7.1 – –

Accountants and auditors ................................................. 20.76 5.3 20.76 5.3 – –

Financial analysts and advisors ........................................ 23.83 11.3 23.83 11.3 – –

Financial analysts ......................................................... 24.22 11.6 24.22 11.6 – –

Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 35.25 9.0 35.25 9.0 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 31.05 4.4 31.05 4.4 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 40.92 6.5 40.92 6.5 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 40.78 1.2 40.78 1.2 – –

Level 13 ............................................................ 50.70 2.3 50.70 2.3 – –

Computer software engineers .......................................... 42.13 4.1 42.13 4.1 – –

Computer software engineers, systems software ......... 41.53 4.3 41.53 4.3 – –

Computer systems analysts ............................................. 31.03 21.0 31.03 21.0 – –

Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... 28.75 13.2 28.75 13.2 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 20.83 5.5 20.83 5.5 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 37.23 17.9 37.23 17.9 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 51.02 2.4 51.02 2.4 – –

Engineers ......................................................................... 39.45 7.3 39.45 7.3 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 51.02 2.4 – – – –

Computer hardware engineers ..................................... 46.51 10.9 46.51 10.9 – –

Engineering technicians, except drafters .......................... 22.77 11.2 22.77 11.2 – –

Electrical and electronic engineering technicians ......... 23.41 13.5 23.41 13.5 – –

Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 24.23 4.2 24.82 3.5 – –

Community and social services occupations .................. 16.16 15.9 16.17 16.0 – –

Counselors ....................................................................... 33.80 1.8 – – – –

Miscellaneous community and social service specialists 11.87 10.2 11.87 10.2 – –

Legal occupations .............................................................. 45.34 2.4 46.20 2.1 – –

Lawyers ............................................................................ 56.41 11.4 59.06 13.7 – –

Paralegals and legal assistants ........................................ 24.29 3.9 24.29 3.9 – –

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 25.46 3.7 25.42 3.7 26.29 20.7

Level 2 ............................................................. 12.70 .6 12.70 .6 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 26.31 4.9 26.31 4.9 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 27.66 2.0 27.39 1.3 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 29.19 4.1 27.45 1.4 – –

Postsecondary teachers ................................................... 31.08 3.7 31.16 3.7 – –

Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................ 33.35 11.4 32.95 11.2 – –

Vocational education teachers, postsecondary ........ 30.91 12.8 – – – –

Primary, secondary, and special education school

teachers ...................................................................... 26.87 2.1 26.76 1.8 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 27.37 5.2 – – – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 27.79 2.0 – – – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 27.16 .7 – – – –

Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... 26.97 1.6 26.81 1.0 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 27.00 4.3 27.00 4.3 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 27.64 2.4 27.23 1.5 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Austin-San

Marcos, TX, April 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Elementary school teachers, except special

education ............................................................ $26.47 0.5 $26.58 0.8 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 27.17 4.8 27.17 4.8 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 27.02 .7 27.02 .7 – –

Middle school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 28.09 3.6 27.32 1.7 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 28.75 5.6 27.64 3.6 – –

Secondary school teachers .......................................... 28.49 1.8 28.49 1.8 – –

Secondary school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 28.68 3.1 28.68 3.1 – –

Teacher assistants ........................................................... 12.38 .8 12.38 .8 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 12.70 .6 12.70 .6 – –

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations .................................................................. 22.84 14.0 22.84 14.0 – –

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 32.77 20.1 34.39 22.3 $23.84 1.4

Level 5 ............................................................. 17.76 2.4 17.76 2.4 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 27.55 11.8 27.84 12.0 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 26.47 5.0 – – – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 40.18 4.8 – – – –

Registered nurses ............................................................ 25.68 2.0 25.53 1.7 25.96 3.3

Level 8 ............................................................. 26.72 4.2 – – – –

Therapists ......................................................................... 24.20 4.0 – – – –

Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support

technicians .................................................................. 15.44 8.0 – – – –

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 17.40 4.1 17.40 4.1 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 17.30 1.6 17.30 1.6 – –

Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 9.54 14.9 11.42 21.8 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. – – 9.73 2.5 – –

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... 7.36 2.6 8.39 11.3 – –

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... 10.45 1.6 – – – –

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ 16.63 9.0 – – – –

Protective service occupations ......................................... 16.08 21.1 16.33 22.9 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 23.03 1.0 23.03 1.0 – –

Police officers ................................................................... 22.26 13.5 25.15 10.0 – –

Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ................................. 22.26 13.5 25.15 10.0 – –

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............ 10.96 1.3 11.00 1.1 – –

Security guards ............................................................. 10.96 1.3 11.00 1.1 – –

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 7.46 7.1 7.70 12.9 6.95 6.1

Level 1 ............................................................. 6.95 6.5 7.21 13.8 6.42 12.2

Level 2 ............................................................. 6.51 15.8 6.31 26.2 6.83 3.1

Level 3 ............................................................. 8.59 19.7 – – – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 10.95 5.9 – – – –

Cooks ............................................................................... 9.17 2.6 9.49 3.6 – –

Food service, tipped ......................................................... 3.18 4.0 3.10 23.6 3.35 46.9

Level 1 ............................................................. 3.98 5.0 – – – –

Waiters and waitresses ................................................ 2.92 10.9 – – – –

Fast food and counter workers ......................................... 8.74 11.6 – – 7.46 6.7

Combined food preparation and serving workers,

including fast food ................................................... 8.83 12.6 – – – –

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations .................................................................. 9.20 8.9 9.47 9.6 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.98 5.7 8.14 5.6 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.23 9.4 9.48 10.0 – –

Building cleaning workers ................................................. 8.68 6.6 8.88 6.5 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.98 5.7 8.14 5.6 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.23 9.4 9.48 10.0 – –

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 8.55 6.2 8.51 7.3 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.78 5.5 7.70 5.6 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.96 5.1 9.29 5.7 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Austin-San

Marcos, TX, April 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Personal care and service occupations ........................... $10.23 5.5 – – $8.68 8.1

Sales and related occupations .......................................... 17.39 25.7 $19.98 27.8 8.43 8.1

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.88 1.8 – – – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.86 12.1 – – – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.33 26.0 – – – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.84 11.0 – – – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 30.36 23.8 – – – –

Retail sales workers ......................................................... 9.72 5.8 10.34 7.0 8.07 6.3

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.72 2.7 – – – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.92 14.1 – – – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.02 30.2 – – – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.16 8.0 – – – –

Cashiers, all workers .................................................... 8.77 6.4 8.80 8.4 8.70 3.2

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.07 3.6 – – 8.03 4.6

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.25 15.9 – – – –

Cashiers ................................................................... 8.77 6.4 8.80 8.4 8.70 3.2

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.07 3.6 – – 8.03 4.6

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.25 15.9 – – – –

Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....... 14.07 22.0 – – – –

Retail salespersons ...................................................... 9.22 16.9 9.65 17.6 – –

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 13.95 2.7 14.33 2.8 11.01 5.1

Level 1 ............................................................. 9.27 3.0 – – – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.60 6.6 – – – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.94 1.7 – – – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.38 3.9 – – – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.38 4.6 – – – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 19.19 5.2 – – – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 19.33 3.5 – – – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 13.62 4.9 – – – –

First-line supervisors/managers of office and

administrative support workers ................................... 22.21 7.9 22.22 7.9 – –

Financial clerks ................................................................. 14.55 5.8 14.87 6.0 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.38 5.0 – – – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.30 7.2 – – – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 16.39 4.4 – – – –

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. 13.84 6.1 13.68 7.0 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.66 4.2 10.66 4.2 – –

Customer service representatives .................................... 12.73 7.5 – – – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.37 2.9 – – – –

Receptionists and information clerks ................................ 10.94 3.0 10.95 3.1 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 11.44 4.5 – – – –

Dispatchers ....................................................................... 13.92 5.3 13.92 5.3 – –

Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ 10.57 6.2 11.01 7.5 – –

Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ 15.95 6.0 15.95 6.0 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 16.14 2.6 16.14 2.6 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.56 11.8 15.56 11.8 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 17.83 7.8 17.83 7.8 – –

Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... 15.51 7.9 15.51 7.9 – –

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ 17.08 4.2 17.08 4.2 – –

Data entry and information processing workers ............... 11.35 3.1 12.39 2.8 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.44 5.7 – – – –

Data entry keyers ......................................................... 11.19 4.4 – – – –

Office clerks, general ........................................................ 12.24 5.7 12.25 6.1 12.10 9.6

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.97 5.0 – – – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.38 3.3 11.38 3.4 – –

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 16.03 8.6 16.27 8.7 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.86 7.5 9.86 7.5 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.18 16.9 10.18 16.9 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.20 9.6 12.20 9.6 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 22.91 1.0 22.91 1.0 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades

and extraction workers ............................................... 19.93 12.7 19.93 12.7 – –

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ........... 15.55 32.7 15.55 32.7 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Austin-San

Marcos, TX, April 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......................... $19.09 15.0 $19.09 15.0 – –

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 16.01 6.0 16.01 6.0 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 16.48 3.6 – – – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 20.96 5.3 – – – –

Automotive technicians and repairers .............................. 13.62 6.3 13.62 6.3 – –

Automotive service technicians and mechanics ........... 13.24 8.1 13.24 8.1 – –

Production occupations .................................................... 12.35 5.1 12.51 5.3 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.77 11.2 – – – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.43 3.3 – – – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.32 5.1 – – – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.92 2.7 – – – –

Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical

assemblers ................................................................. 11.71 7.4 – – – –

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .......... 11.71 7.4 – – – –

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ....................... 11.36 6.3 11.36 6.3 – –

Miscellaneous production workers ................................... 11.44 1.3 – – – –

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 9.51 3.5 10.31 5.2 $8.06 10.9

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.82 6.5 – – – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.40 12.5 – – – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 14.05 14.2 – – – –

Bus drivers ........................................................................ 12.93 10.6 – – – –

Bus drivers, school ....................................................... 12.93 10.6 – – – –

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. 9.08 9.5 – – – –

Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................ 9.69 11.2 – – – –

Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 9.08 8.3 9.83 10.6 7.89 9.5

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.67 5.8 8.33 10.3 7.20 8.0

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,

hand ........................................................................ 10.25 13.9 11.62 18.1 – –

Packers and packagers, hand ...................................... 7.82 12.2 – – – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 6.59 5.3 – – – –

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.

They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded

are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and

tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the

number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time

schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a

worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time

employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where

a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is

evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and

complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored

to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the

occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the

overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard

Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a

percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around

a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet

publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories

not shown separately

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,

Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

All workers .............................................................................. $18.30 4.6 $19.85 4.9 $8.92 3.4

Management occupations ................................................. 40.67 10.6 40.67 10.6 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 26.85 16.8 26.85 16.8 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 69.45 14.3 69.45 14.3 – –

Financial managers .......................................................... 45.89 21.5 45.89 21.5 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 51.90 24.4 51.90 24.4 – –

Business and financial operations occupations ............. 25.76 3.5 25.76 3.5 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 26.09 6.3 26.09 6.3 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 26.45 6.9 26.45 6.9 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 29.90 13.7 29.90 13.7 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 22.92 8.8 22.92 8.8 – –

Human resources, training, and labor relations

specialists ................................................................... 27.19 6.5 27.19 6.5 – –

Financial analysts and advisors ........................................ 23.80 11.6 23.80 11.6 – –

Financial analysts ......................................................... 24.22 11.6 24.22 11.6 – –

Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 39.09 5.1 39.09 5.1 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 31.09 4.9 31.09 4.9 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 40.88 6.6 40.88 6.6 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 40.78 1.2 40.78 1.2 – –

Level 13 ............................................................ 50.70 2.3 50.70 2.3 – –

Computer software engineers .......................................... 42.13 4.1 42.13 4.1 – –

Computer software engineers, systems software ......... 41.53 4.3 41.53 4.3 – –

Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... 28.89 13.5 28.89 13.5 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 20.83 5.5 20.83 5.5 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 37.23 17.9 37.23 17.9 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 51.02 2.4 51.02 2.4 – –

Engineers ......................................................................... 39.70 7.4 39.70 7.4 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 51.02 2.4 51.02 2.4 – –

Computer hardware engineers ..................................... 46.51 10.9 46.51 10.9 – –

Engineering technicians, except drafters .......................... 22.85 11.3 22.85 11.3 – –

Electrical and electronic engineering technicians ......... 23.41 13.5 23.41 13.5 – –

Legal occupations .............................................................. 46.30 3.2 46.74 2.5 – –

Paralegals and legal assistants ........................................ 24.29 3.9 24.29 3.9 – –

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 23.13 18.2 22.42 16.9 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 20.16 7.1 20.16 7.1 – –

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations .................................................................. 22.59 15.2 22.59 15.2 – –

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 33.94 20.5 35.96 22.6 23.62 .9

Level 5 ............................................................. 17.73 2.6 17.73 2.6 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 28.00 11.8 – – – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 26.40 5.2 – – – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 40.29 4.8 – – – –

Registered nurses ............................................................ 25.72 2.1 – – 25.96 3.3

Level 8 ............................................................. 26.65 4.3 – – – –

Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support

technicians .................................................................. 15.44 8.0 – – – –

Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 9.52 15.4 11.48 22.7 – –

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... 7.36 2.6 8.39 11.3 – –

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... 10.45 1.6 – – – –

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ 16.64 9.1 – – – –

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............ 10.87 1.0 – – – –

Security guards ............................................................. 10.87 1.0 – – – –

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 7.30 7.2 7.64 13.0 6.57 6.8

Level 1 ............................................................. 6.81 6.7 7.19 14.2 5.93 10.1

Level 2 ............................................................. 6.51 15.8 6.31 26.2 6.83 3.1

Level 3 ............................................................. 8.59 20.0 – – – –

Cooks ............................................................................... 9.00 1.1 9.49 3.6 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,

Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Food service, tipped ......................................................... $3.18 4.0 $3.10 23.6 $3.35 46.9

Level 1 ............................................................. 3.98 5.0 – – – –

Waiters and waitresses ................................................ 2.92 10.9 – – – –

Fast food and counter workers ......................................... 8.74 11.6 – – 7.46 6.7

Combined food preparation and serving workers,

including fast food ................................................... 8.83 12.6 – – – –

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations .................................................................. 8.91 10.5 9.20 11.9 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.53 5.6 7.69 5.8 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.60 9.8 8.62 10.7 – –

Building cleaning workers ................................................. 8.21 7.2 8.36 7.0 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.53 5.6 7.69 5.8 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.60 9.8 8.62 10.7 – –

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 8.20 6.5 8.12 7.5 – –

Personal care and service occupations ........................... 10.14 6.0 – – 8.40 8.0

Sales and related occupations .......................................... 17.46 26.1 20.12 28.2 8.43 8.1

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.88 1.8 8.01 2.5 7.75 3.8

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.86 12.1 – – 8.77 5.7

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.31 26.5 9.33 31.4 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.94 12.5 13.99 13.4 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 30.36 23.8 30.36 23.8 – –

Retail sales workers ......................................................... 9.66 5.7 10.27 7.0 8.07 6.3

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.72 2.7 8.01 2.5 7.40 2.4

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.92 14.1 – – – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.00 30.8 8.96 37.6 – –

Cashiers, all workers .................................................... 8.56 5.7 8.48 6.9 8.70 3.2

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.07 3.6 – – 8.03 4.6

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.25 15.9 – – – –

Cashiers ................................................................... 8.56 5.7 8.48 6.9 8.70 3.2

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.07 3.6 – – 8.03 4.6

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.25 15.9 – – – –

Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....... 14.07 22.0 – – – –

Retail salespersons ...................................................... 9.22 16.9 9.65 17.6 – –

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 14.14 3.0 14.65 3.2 10.87 5.8

Level 1 ............................................................. 9.27 3.0 – – 9.22 3.4

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.56 6.9 10.76 7.0 10.06 7.6

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.78 2.6 11.02 3.0 9.74 3.6

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.20 4.7 14.17 4.8 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.70 5.1 15.81 5.7 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 19.13 5.5 19.13 5.5 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 19.31 3.5 19.31 3.5 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 13.62 4.9 13.92 4.0 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of office and

administrative support workers ................................... 22.37 8.7 22.39 8.8 – –

Financial clerks ................................................................. 14.71 5.9 15.07 6.1 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.82 5.5 – – – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 16.39 4.4 16.94 3.3 – –

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. 14.04 6.3 13.88 7.3 – –

Customer service representatives .................................... 12.76 7.7 – – – –

Receptionists and information clerks ................................ 10.90 3.0 10.91 3.1 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 11.44 4.5 – – – –

Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ 10.57 6.2 11.01 7.5 – –

Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ 17.70 5.2 17.70 5.2 – –

Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... 18.77 8.6 18.77 8.6 – –

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ 17.77 4.1 17.77 4.1 – –

Data entry and information processing workers ............... 11.32 3.2 – – – –

Data entry keyers ......................................................... 11.16 4.5 – – – –

Office clerks, general ........................................................ 13.12 7.7 13.36 7.6 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.82 5.8 – – – –

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 16.59 11.0 16.59 11.0 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 11.99 13.1 11.99 13.1 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,

Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Construction and extraction occupations –Continued

Level 7 ............................................................. $22.91 1.0 $22.91 1.0 – –

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ........... 15.72 37.2 15.72 37.2 – –

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 15.83 6.0 15.83 6.0 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.94 3.4 15.94 3.4 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 20.96 5.3 20.96 5.3 – –

Automotive technicians and repairers .............................. 13.61 6.3 13.61 6.3 – –

Automotive service technicians and mechanics ........... 13.23 8.1 13.23 8.1 – –

Production occupations .................................................... 12.12 5.4 12.25 5.6 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.76 11.3 8.73 12.1 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.41 3.4 11.61 4.0 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.32 5.1 12.32 5.1 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.47 4.4 15.47 4.4 – –

Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical

assemblers ................................................................. 11.71 7.4 – – – –

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .......... 11.71 7.4 – – – –

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ....................... 11.36 6.3 11.36 6.3 – –

Miscellaneous production workers ................................... 11.44 1.3 – – – –

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 9.34 3.7 10.22 5.3 $7.79 12.1

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.82 6.5 8.77 7.9 7.07 6.8

Level 3 ............................................................. 14.57 17.8 – – – –

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. 9.08 9.5 – – – –

Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................ 9.69 11.2 – – – –

Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 9.06 8.5 9.82 10.9 7.89 9.5

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.67 5.8 8.33 10.3 7.20 8.0

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,

hand ........................................................................ 10.24 14.4 – – – –

Packers and packagers, hand ...................................... 7.82 12.2 – – – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 6.59 5.3 – – – –

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.

They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded

are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and

tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the

number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time

schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a

worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time

employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where

a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is

evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and

complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored

to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the

occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the

overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard

Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a

percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around

a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet

publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories

not shown separately

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work

levels3, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

All workers .............................................................................. $21.51 2.5 $21.53 3.5 $21.21 23.0

Management occupations ................................................. 36.31 14.4 36.70 13.7 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 28.39 5.8 – – – –

Education administrators .................................................. 54.09 34.8 58.90 29.7 – –

Business and financial operations occupations ............. 20.17 2.1 20.17 2.1 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 21.17 4.9 21.17 4.9 – –

Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 19.04 8.0 19.04 8.0 – –

Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 23.41 3.4 24.16 3.0 – –

Community and social services occupations .................. 17.19 22.3 17.21 22.5 – –

Miscellaneous community and social service specialists 12.96 3.3 12.96 3.3 – –

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 25.73 3.8 25.73 3.8 25.75 22.9

Level 2 ............................................................. 12.70 .6 12.70 .6 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 27.46 5.3 27.46 5.3 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 27.12 1.2 27.12 1.2 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 29.19 4.1 27.45 1.4 – –

Primary, secondary, and special education school

teachers ...................................................................... 27.03 .2 27.09 .0 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 27.46 5.3 27.46 5.3 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 27.25 1.1 27.25 1.1 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 27.16 .7 27.16 .7 – –

Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... 26.60 .5 26.68 .8 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 27.11 4.5 27.11 4.5 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 27.00 1.4 27.00 1.4 – –

Elementary school teachers, except special

education ............................................................ 26.40 .2 26.52 .6 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 27.31 5.0 27.31 5.0 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 26.85 .6 26.85 .6 – –

Middle school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 27.07 1.5 27.07 1.5 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 27.29 3.6 27.29 3.6 – –

Secondary school teachers .......................................... 28.25 1.8 28.25 1.8 – –

Secondary school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 28.37 3.1 28.37 3.1 – –

Teacher assistants ........................................................... 12.38 .8 12.38 .8 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 12.70 .6 12.70 .6 – –

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 19.34 8.8 18.73 8.0 – –

Protective service occupations ......................................... 25.23 9.2 26.50 7.3 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 23.03 1.0 23.03 1.0 – –

Police officers ................................................................... 22.26 13.5 25.15 10.0 – –

Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ................................. 22.26 13.5 25.15 10.0 – –

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 10.87 5.9 – – – –

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations .................................................................. 10.53 7.6 10.49 8.3 – –

Building cleaning workers ................................................. 10.53 7.6 10.49 8.3 – –

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 10.28 2.3 10.19 1.7 – –

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 13.35 5.5 13.38 5.8 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.13 1.3 11.13 1.4 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.80 5.8 14.80 5.8 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 14.68 7.6 14.59 7.8 – –

Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ 14.27 1.9 14.27 1.9 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 15.56 1.9 15.56 1.9 – –

Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... 14.14 1.0 14.14 1.0 – –

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ 14.98 6.5 14.98 6.5 – –

Office clerks, general ........................................................ 11.53 3.3 11.36 2.1 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.20 .9 – – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

11
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work

levels3, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... $14.54 7.1 $15.30 3.6 – –

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 20.29 6.0 20.29 6.0 – –

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 12.58 11.0 – – – –

Bus drivers ........................................................................ 12.93 10.6 – – – –

Bus drivers, school ....................................................... 12.93 10.6 – – – –

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.

They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded

are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and

tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the

number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time

schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a

worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time

employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where

a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is

evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and

complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored

to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the

occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the

overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard

Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a

percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around

a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet

publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories

not shown separately

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,

Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

All workers .............................................................................. $18.95 3.6 $20.22 4.0 $10.17 7.7

Management occupations ................................................. 39.04 7.8 39.22 7.7 – –

Group III ............................................................ 32.20 8.2 – – – –

Financial managers .......................................................... 43.94 15.8 43.94 15.8 – –

Education administrators .................................................. 54.09 34.8 58.90 29.7 – –

Group III ............................................................ 36.53 1.6 – – – –

Business and financial operations occupations ............. 23.45 2.0 23.45 2.0 – –

Group II ............................................................. 21.20 4.4 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 27.01 7.7 – – – –

Human resources, training, and labor relations

specialists ................................................................... 26.40 7.1 26.40 7.1 – –

Group III ............................................................ 27.94 7.5 – – – –

Accountants and auditors ................................................. 20.76 5.3 20.76 5.3 – –

Group II ............................................................. 19.02 1.0 19.02 1.0 – –

Financial analysts and advisors ........................................ 23.83 11.3 23.83 11.3 – –

Financial analysts ......................................................... 24.22 11.6 24.22 11.6 – –

Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 35.25 9.0 35.25 9.0 – –

Group II ............................................................. 19.97 8.5 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 37.44 2.1 – – – –

Group IV ........................................................... 54.23 6.2 – – – –

Computer software engineers .......................................... 42.13 4.1 42.13 4.1 – –

Group III ............................................................ 40.71 5.2 – – – –

Computer software engineers, systems software ......... 41.53 4.3 41.53 4.3 – –

Group III ............................................................ 40.24 5.8 40.24 5.8 – –

Computer systems analysts ............................................. 31.03 21.0 31.03 21.0 – –

Group III ............................................................ 36.10 5.3 36.10 5.3 – –

Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... 28.75 13.2 28.75 13.2 – –

Group II ............................................................. 19.50 5.4 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 41.21 8.7 – – – –

Engineers ......................................................................... 39.45 7.3 39.45 7.3 – –

Group III ............................................................ 40.75 7.0 – – – –

Computer hardware engineers ..................................... 46.51 10.9 46.51 10.9 – –

Engineering technicians, except drafters .......................... 22.77 11.2 22.77 11.2 – –

Group II ............................................................. 19.30 2.1 – – – –

Electrical and electronic engineering technicians ......... 23.41 13.5 23.41 13.5 – –

Group II ............................................................. 18.67 2.9 18.67 2.9 – –

Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 24.23 4.2 24.82 3.5 – –

Group III ............................................................ 25.65 10.1 – – – –

Community and social services occupations .................. 16.16 15.9 16.17 16.0 – –

Group II ............................................................. 13.07 9.6 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 30.26 9.7 – – – –

Counselors ....................................................................... 33.80 1.8 – – – –

Miscellaneous community and social service specialists 11.87 10.2 11.87 10.2 – –

Group II ............................................................. 11.87 10.2 – – – –

Legal occupations .............................................................. 45.34 2.4 46.20 2.1 – –

Group II ............................................................. 21.25 5.9 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 40.29 3.1 – – – –

Lawyers ............................................................................ 56.41 11.4 59.06 13.7 – –

Group III ............................................................ 42.20 2.0 – – – –

Paralegals and legal assistants ........................................ 24.29 3.9 24.29 3.9 – –

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 25.46 3.7 25.42 3.7 26.29 20.7

Group I .............................................................. 12.38 .8 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 26.28 2.6 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 31.07 4.1 – – – –

Postsecondary teachers ................................................... 31.08 3.7 31.16 3.7 – –

Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................ 33.35 11.4 32.95 11.2 – –

Vocational education teachers, postsecondary ........ 30.91 12.8 – – – –

Primary, secondary, and special education school

teachers ...................................................................... 26.87 2.1 26.76 1.8 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,

Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Primary, secondary, and special education school

teachers –Continued

Group II ............................................................. $26.88 2.5 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 27.16 .7 – – – –

Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... 26.97 1.6 $26.81 1.0 – –

Group II ............................................................. 27.11 1.7 – – – –

Elementary school teachers, except special

education ............................................................ 26.47 .5 26.58 .8 – –

Group II ............................................................. 26.62 .7 26.62 .7 – –

Middle school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 28.09 3.6 27.32 1.7 – –

Group II ............................................................. 28.18 3.8 27.34 1.8 – –

Secondary school teachers .......................................... 28.49 1.8 28.49 1.8 – –

Group II ............................................................. 28.93 3.5 – – – –

Secondary school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 28.68 3.1 28.68 3.1 – –

Group II ............................................................. 28.98 5.0 28.98 5.0 – –

Teacher assistants ........................................................... 12.38 .8 12.38 .8 – –

Group I .............................................................. 12.38 .8 12.38 .8 – –

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations .................................................................. 22.84 14.0 22.84 14.0 – –

Group II ............................................................. 16.96 12.7 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 32.75 14.4 – – – –

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 32.77 20.1 34.39 22.3 $23.84 1.4

Group I .............................................................. 12.65 6.2 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 24.52 7.7 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 61.67 26.4 – – – –

Registered nurses ............................................................ 25.68 2.0 25.53 1.7 25.96 3.3

Group II ............................................................. 25.37 3.7 24.91 5.3 – –

Therapists ......................................................................... 24.20 4.0 – – – –

Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support

technicians .................................................................. 15.44 8.0 – – – –

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 17.40 4.1 17.40 4.1 – –

Group II ............................................................. 17.88 2.9 17.88 2.9 – –

Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 9.54 14.9 11.42 21.8 – –

Group I .............................................................. 8.15 5.3 – – – –

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... 7.36 2.6 8.39 11.3 – –

Group I .............................................................. 7.36 2.6 – – – –

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... 10.45 1.6 – – – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.45 1.6 – – – –

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ 16.63 9.0 – – – –

Group I .............................................................. 13.76 7.7 – – – –

Protective service occupations ......................................... 16.08 21.1 16.33 22.9 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.63 1.9 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 19.23 19.0 – – – –

Police officers ................................................................... 22.26 13.5 25.15 10.0 – –

Group II ............................................................. 24.58 7.9 – – – –

Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ................................. 22.26 13.5 25.15 10.0 – –

Group II ............................................................. 24.58 7.9 25.15 10.0 – –

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............ 10.96 1.3 11.00 1.1 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.65 1.4 – – – –

Security guards ............................................................. 10.96 1.3 11.00 1.1 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.65 1.4 10.74 1.9 – –

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 7.46 7.1 7.70 12.9 6.95 6.1

Group I .............................................................. 7.42 6.9 – – – –

Cooks ............................................................................... 9.17 2.6 9.49 3.6 – –

Group I .............................................................. 9.17 2.6 – – – –

Food service, tipped ......................................................... 3.18 4.0 3.10 23.6 3.35 46.9

Group I .............................................................. 3.19 4.2 – – – –

Waiters and waitresses ................................................ 2.92 10.9 – – – –

Group I .............................................................. 2.92 10.9 – – – –

Fast food and counter workers ......................................... 8.74 11.6 – – 7.46 6.7

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,

Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Fast food and counter workers –Continued

Group I .............................................................. $8.74 11.6 – – – –

Combined food preparation and serving workers,

including fast food ................................................... 8.83 12.6 – – – –

Group I .............................................................. 8.83 12.6 – – – –

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations .................................................................. 9.20 8.9 $9.47 9.6 – –

Group I .............................................................. 8.73 7.2 – – – –

Building cleaning workers ................................................. 8.68 6.6 8.88 6.5 – –

Group I .............................................................. 8.55 6.8 – – – –

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 8.55 6.2 8.51 7.3 – –

Group I .............................................................. 8.33 5.7 8.23 6.6 – –

Personal care and service occupations ........................... 10.23 5.5 – – $8.68 8.1

Group I .............................................................. 10.01 6.6 – – – –

Sales and related occupations .......................................... 17.39 25.7 19.98 27.8 8.43 8.1

Group I .............................................................. 9.68 12.6 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 25.41 15.9 – – – –

Retail sales workers ......................................................... 9.72 5.8 10.34 7.0 8.07 6.3

Group I .............................................................. 8.96 13.1 – – – –

Cashiers, all workers .................................................... 8.77 6.4 8.80 8.4 8.70 3.2

Group I .............................................................. 8.77 6.4 – – – –

Cashiers ................................................................... 8.77 6.4 8.80 8.4 8.70 3.2

Group I .............................................................. 8.77 6.4 8.80 8.4 8.70 3.2

Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....... 14.07 22.0 – – – –

Retail salespersons ...................................................... 9.22 16.9 9.65 17.6 – –

Group I .............................................................. 9.08 20.8 9.53 22.5 – –

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 13.95 2.7 14.33 2.8 11.01 5.1

Group I .............................................................. 12.29 3.6 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 17.90 3.4 – – – –

First-line supervisors/managers of office and

administrative support workers ................................... 22.21 7.9 22.22 7.9 – –

Group II ............................................................. 25.57 4.9 25.57 4.9 – –

Financial clerks ................................................................. 14.55 5.8 14.87 6.0 – –

Group I .............................................................. 11.49 8.8 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 17.82 5.2 – – – –

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. 13.84 6.1 13.68 7.0 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.41 8.7 10.41 8.7 – –

Group II ............................................................. 16.82 6.4 17.56 6.8 – –

Customer service representatives .................................... 12.73 7.5 – – – –

Group I .............................................................. 12.73 7.7 – – – –

Receptionists and information clerks ................................ 10.94 3.0 10.95 3.1 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.94 3.0 10.95 3.1 – –

Dispatchers ....................................................................... 13.92 5.3 13.92 5.3 – –

Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ 10.57 6.2 11.01 7.5 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.57 6.2 11.01 7.5 – –

Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ 15.95 6.0 15.95 6.0 – –

Group I .............................................................. 14.65 4.5 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 17.99 6.5 – – – –

Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... 15.51 7.9 15.51 7.9 – –

Group I .............................................................. 14.18 1.7 14.18 1.7 – –

Group II ............................................................. 18.47 8.2 18.47 8.2 – –

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ 17.08 4.2 17.08 4.2 – –

Group I .............................................................. 15.70 7.2 15.70 7.2 – –

Group II ............................................................. 19.02 4.4 19.02 4.4 – –

Data entry and information processing workers ............... 11.35 3.1 12.39 2.8 – –

Group I .............................................................. 11.35 3.1 – – – –

Data entry keyers ......................................................... 11.19 4.4 – – – –

Group I .............................................................. 11.19 4.4 – – – –

Office clerks, general ........................................................ 12.24 5.7 12.25 6.1 12.10 9.6

Group I .............................................................. 11.37 2.2 11.40 2.2 11.10 5.5

Group II ............................................................. 16.54 12.1 16.55 13.3 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,

Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... $16.03 8.6 $16.27 8.7 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.58 7.2 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 20.12 8.0 – – – –

First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades

and extraction workers ............................................... 19.93 12.7 19.93 12.7 – –

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ........... 15.55 32.7 15.55 32.7 – –

Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......................... 19.09 15.0 19.09 15.0 – –

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 16.01 6.0 16.01 6.0 – –

Group I .............................................................. 12.32 4.4 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 18.80 4.7 – – – –

Automotive technicians and repairers .............................. 13.62 6.3 13.62 6.3 – –

Automotive service technicians and mechanics ........... 13.24 8.1 13.24 8.1 – –

Production occupations .................................................... 12.35 5.1 12.51 5.3 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.60 6.8 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 17.51 2.6 – – – –

Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical

assemblers ................................................................. 11.71 7.4 – – – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.57 8.5 – – – –

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .......... 11.71 7.4 – – – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.57 8.5 – – – –

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ....................... 11.36 6.3 11.36 6.3 – –

Miscellaneous production workers ................................... 11.44 1.3 – – – –

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 9.51 3.5 10.31 5.2 $8.06 10.9

Group I .............................................................. 9.29 3.9 – – – –

Bus drivers ........................................................................ 12.93 10.6 – – – –

Group I .............................................................. 12.93 10.6 – – – –

Bus drivers, school ....................................................... 12.93 10.6 – – – –

Group I .............................................................. 12.93 10.6 – – – –

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. 9.08 9.5 – – – –

Group I .............................................................. 8.88 11.9 – – – –

Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................ 9.69 11.2 – – – –

Group I .............................................................. 9.69 11.2 – – – –

Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 9.08 8.3 9.83 10.6 7.89 9.5

Group I .............................................................. 9.11 9.1 – – – –

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,

hand ........................................................................ 10.25 13.9 11.62 18.1 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.61 16.6 – – – –

Packers and packagers, hand ...................................... 7.82 12.2 – – – –

Group I .............................................................. 7.82 12.2 – – – –

1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining

levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II

combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines

levels 13-15. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.

They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded

are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and

tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the

number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time

schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a

worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time

employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where

a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard

Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a

percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around

a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet

publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories

not shown separately

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

All workers .............................................................................. $7.48 $10.00 $14.00 $22.79 $34.35

Management occupations ................................................. 16.93 23.01 29.71 48.57 68.86

Financial managers .......................................................... 24.03 30.91 39.44 52.25 90.02

Education administrators .................................................. 25.78 32.86 38.56 96.26 96.26

Business and financial operations occupations ............. 17.15 18.98 21.95 26.92 31.54

Human resources, training, and labor relations

specialists ................................................................... 21.67 22.78 26.44 31.02 31.73

Accountants and auditors ................................................. 16.76 17.40 18.98 22.12 28.37

Financial analysts and advisors ........................................ 15.85 17.83 25.24 26.92 34.62

Financial analysts ......................................................... 16.83 18.32 25.56 27.09 29.81

Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 17.17 26.25 34.14 42.39 51.75

Computer software engineers .......................................... 29.53 33.98 40.63 50.48 55.00

Computer software engineers, systems software ......... 29.81 33.98 38.39 50.48 55.00

Computer systems analysts ............................................. 16.46 17.98 31.67 41.98 49.43

Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... 14.42 17.41 22.70 35.06 48.97

Engineers ......................................................................... 24.00 31.21 35.06 44.76 56.77

Computer hardware engineers ..................................... 31.21 33.30 40.67 52.17 62.93

Engineering technicians, except drafters .......................... 15.78 17.41 19.38 22.70 30.00

Electrical and electronic engineering technicians ......... 15.91 17.41 19.38 22.70 30.00

Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 18.94 22.54 24.08 24.80 27.43

Community and social services occupations .................. 8.15 12.21 13.50 17.55 33.57

Counselors ....................................................................... 30.65 33.57 33.57 36.76 37.13

Miscellaneous community and social service specialists 7.00 12.01 12.21 12.82 14.69

Legal occupations .............................................................. 20.72 25.82 39.14 55.32 82.21

Lawyers ............................................................................ 36.96 39.14 45.24 55.32 93.75

Paralegals and legal assistants ........................................ 16.83 20.19 22.79 26.44 35.10

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 12.65 22.87 25.10 30.39 35.08

Postsecondary teachers ................................................... 16.35 24.59 29.75 37.58 44.97

Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................ 16.66 23.12 32.92 41.82 50.50

Vocational education teachers, postsecondary ........ 16.50 20.46 28.85 38.38 49.49

Primary, secondary, and special education school

teachers ...................................................................... 22.90 23.64 25.81 30.39 33.54

Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... 23.14 23.64 25.52 30.35 33.04

Elementary school teachers, except special

education ............................................................ 22.90 23.59 25.42 29.63 32.77

Middle school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 23.45 23.76 25.92 30.39 35.34

Secondary school teachers .......................................... 23.45 24.12 27.79 31.78 34.90

Secondary school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 23.45 24.42 28.26 31.78 34.90

Teacher assistants ........................................................... 10.93 11.49 12.48 13.16 14.06

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations .................................................................. 10.21 14.78 19.42 24.63 38.72

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 14.50 18.91 25.19 35.00 46.25

Registered nurses ............................................................ 20.43 22.82 25.46 28.60 30.31

Therapists ......................................................................... 17.71 20.13 22.17 27.32 35.00

Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support

technicians .................................................................. 11.93 12.37 14.09 19.55 21.43

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 14.50 16.08 17.40 18.98 20.40

Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 6.08 6.73 7.25 10.81 16.75

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... 6.08 6.08 7.00 7.80 10.00

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... 9.18 9.54 10.12 11.00 12.30

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ 11.12 13.65 16.75 20.25 22.50

Protective service occupations ......................................... 9.71 10.25 12.00 19.70 31.87

Police officers ................................................................... 9.71 18.31 24.05 26.54 28.40

Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ................................. 9.71 18.31 24.05 26.54 28.40

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............ 9.50 10.00 11.00 12.00 12.00

Security guards ............................................................. 9.50 10.00 11.00 12.00 12.00

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006 — Continued

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ $2.13 $6.00 $8.00 $9.75 $11.14

Cooks ............................................................................... 7.00 8.00 9.00 9.75 12.00

Food service, tipped ......................................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 3.00 6.78

Waiters and waitresses ................................................ 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.60 6.50

Fast food and counter workers ......................................... 5.50 7.50 8.56 10.25 12.75

Combined food preparation and serving workers,

including fast food ................................................... 5.50 7.50 8.56 10.25 12.75

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations .................................................................. 7.00 7.48 8.06 10.51 13.24

Building cleaning workers ................................................. 6.95 7.00 8.06 9.50 11.56

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 6.50 7.48 8.06 9.50 10.97

Personal care and service occupations ........................... 7.05 9.00 10.44 11.50 12.87

Sales and related occupations .......................................... 6.75 7.50 10.14 16.09 32.05

Retail sales workers ......................................................... 6.50 7.00 8.10 11.23 13.75

Cashiers, all workers .................................................... 7.00 7.25 8.00 10.01 12.50

Cashiers ................................................................... 7.00 7.25 8.00 10.01 12.50

Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....... 6.50 7.00 9.85 20.86 24.73

Retail salespersons ...................................................... 6.25 6.75 8.08 11.99 13.75

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 9.58 11.00 13.04 16.25 19.34

First-line supervisors/managers of office and

administrative support workers ................................... 14.27 15.50 21.69 28.89 30.72

Financial clerks ................................................................. 9.00 11.59 14.53 16.92 19.95

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. 9.00 11.59 13.98 15.00 19.64

Customer service representatives .................................... 9.80 12.37 12.37 12.50 18.25

Receptionists and information clerks ................................ 9.95 10.00 10.39 12.02 13.85

Dispatchers ....................................................................... 11.50 12.52 13.00 15.50 17.78

Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ 8.32 8.75 10.00 11.40 14.00

Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ 10.74 13.04 16.31 17.75 21.83

Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... 10.51 12.69 15.40 17.86 21.83

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ 12.05 16.31 17.54 17.90 20.97

Data entry and information processing workers ............... 9.00 10.13 11.31 12.30 14.05

Data entry keyers ......................................................... 9.00 10.13 10.45 12.59 14.05

Office clerks, general ........................................................ 9.01 10.00 11.78 12.95 17.66

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 9.00 10.00 15.00 20.87 25.52

First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades

and extraction workers ............................................... 14.80 15.68 18.80 25.52 25.52

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ........... 8.00 8.00 14.47 22.79 24.81

Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......................... 10.50 14.47 18.73 22.79 24.81

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 11.00 12.00 15.00 18.00 23.80

Automotive technicians and repairers .............................. 10.00 11.50 12.65 16.30 18.83

Automotive service technicians and mechanics ........... 10.00 11.04 12.50 13.20 18.83

Production occupations .................................................... 8.00 9.00 11.66 14.50 18.16

Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical

assemblers ................................................................. 8.00 8.75 11.36 14.17 15.48

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .......... 8.00 8.75 11.36 14.17 15.48

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ....................... 9.75 10.25 12.07 12.07 12.07

Miscellaneous production workers ................................... 10.50 10.75 11.66 11.66 12.30

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006 — Continued

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... $6.00 $7.25 $9.00 $11.00 $12.65

Bus drivers ........................................................................ 11.00 11.77 12.71 13.16 15.99

Bus drivers, school ....................................................... 11.00 11.77 12.71 13.16 15.99

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. 5.15 6.50 10.31 11.13 12.01

Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................ 6.50 6.50 10.88 11.22 12.01

Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 6.00 7.30 8.25 10.40 11.50

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,

hand ........................................................................ 7.30 8.25 8.50 10.51 15.55

Packers and packagers, hand ...................................... 5.90 6.00 7.50 10.49 10.49

1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are

calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are

scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours

are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the

same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth

of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the

75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate

shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly

wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They

include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.

Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;

nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard

Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more

information.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not

meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data

for categories not shown separately

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

All workers .............................................................................. $7.00 $9.50 $12.80 $20.77 $34.14

Management occupations ................................................. 16.93 23.01 29.35 47.28 74.55

Financial managers .......................................................... 22.53 27.99 39.44 52.25 90.02

Business and financial operations occupations ............. 18.20 20.21 25.79 29.29 34.62

Human resources, training, and labor relations

specialists ................................................................... 22.78 22.78 26.44 31.02 31.73

Financial analysts and advisors ........................................ 15.75 17.83 25.24 26.92 34.62

Financial analysts ......................................................... 16.83 18.32 25.56 27.09 29.81

Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 26.21 31.67 36.78 45.17 53.10

Computer software engineers .......................................... 29.53 33.98 40.63 50.48 55.00

Computer software engineers, systems software ......... 29.81 33.98 38.39 50.48 55.00

Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... 14.42 17.41 22.93 35.16 49.53

Engineers ......................................................................... 24.00 31.21 35.20 44.97 56.97

Computer hardware engineers ..................................... 31.21 33.30 40.67 52.17 62.93

Engineering technicians, except drafters .......................... 15.73 17.41 19.38 22.70 30.18

Electrical and electronic engineering technicians ......... 15.91 17.41 19.38 22.70 30.00

Legal occupations .............................................................. 20.19 24.04 39.14 55.32 86.54

Paralegals and legal assistants ........................................ 16.83 20.19 22.79 26.44 35.10

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 11.40 15.00 20.07 29.62 31.78

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations .................................................................. 10.21 14.78 19.42 24.63 34.62

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 14.73 19.55 27.00 35.50 46.25

Registered nurses ............................................................ 20.43 22.88 25.77 28.60 30.31

Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support

technicians .................................................................. 11.93 12.37 14.09 19.55 21.43

Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 6.08 6.51 7.14 10.82 16.75

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... 6.08 6.08 7.00 7.80 10.00

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... 9.18 9.54 10.12 11.00 12.30

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ 11.12 13.65 16.75 20.25 22.50

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............ 9.50 10.00 11.00 12.00 12.00

Security guards ............................................................. 9.50 10.00 11.00 12.00 12.00

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 2.13 5.50 7.95 9.66 10.99

Cooks ............................................................................... 7.00 7.95 9.00 9.75 11.20

Food service, tipped ......................................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 3.00 6.78

Waiters and waitresses ................................................ 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.60 6.50

Fast food and counter workers ......................................... 5.50 7.50 8.56 10.25 12.75

Combined food preparation and serving workers,

including fast food ................................................... 5.50 7.50 8.56 10.25 12.75

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations .................................................................. 6.75 7.00 8.00 10.12 13.43

Building cleaning workers ................................................. 6.50 7.00 7.50 8.50 10.80

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 6.50 7.00 7.69 8.50 9.73

Personal care and service occupations ........................... 7.00 8.85 10.20 11.42 12.36

Sales and related occupations .......................................... 6.75 7.47 10.00 16.24 32.05

Retail sales workers ......................................................... 6.50 7.00 8.08 11.03 14.30

Cashiers, all workers .................................................... 6.90 7.00 8.00 9.00 11.64

Cashiers ................................................................... 6.90 7.00 8.00 9.00 11.64

Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....... 6.50 7.00 9.85 20.86 24.73

Retail salespersons ...................................................... 6.25 6.75 8.08 11.99 13.75

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 9.50 11.00 13.20 16.50 20.05

First-line supervisors/managers of office and

administrative support workers ................................... 14.27 15.50 21.69 28.89 30.72

Financial clerks ................................................................. 9.00 13.00 15.00 17.23 20.26

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. 9.00 11.00 14.42 15.21 19.77

Customer service representatives .................................... 9.80 12.37 12.37 12.50 18.25

Receptionists and information clerks ................................ 9.95 10.00 10.25 12.02 13.85

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006 — Continued

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ $8.32 $8.75 $10.00 $11.40 $14.00

Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ 12.34 16.31 17.54 20.42 22.67

Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... 11.00 16.50 18.75 21.83 24.03

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ 15.71 16.31 17.54 19.33 21.73

Data entry and information processing workers ............... 9.00 10.13 11.31 12.30 14.05

Data entry keyers ......................................................... 9.00 10.13 10.40 12.47 14.05

Office clerks, general ........................................................ 9.00 11.20 12.00 14.46 19.00

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 8.50 9.94 15.00 23.75 25.52

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ........... 8.00 8.00 18.73 22.79 24.81

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 11.00 12.00 15.00 18.00 23.00

Automotive technicians and repairers .............................. 10.00 11.50 12.65 16.30 18.83

Automotive service technicians and mechanics ........... 10.00 11.04 12.50 13.20 18.83

Production occupations .................................................... 8.00 9.00 11.66 14.25 18.00

Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical

assemblers ................................................................. 8.00 8.75 11.36 14.17 15.48

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .......... 8.00 8.75 11.36 14.17 15.48

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ....................... 9.75 10.25 12.07 12.07 12.07

Miscellaneous production workers ................................... 10.50 10.75 11.66 11.66 12.30

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 6.00 7.20 8.50 10.90 12.01

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. 5.15 6.50 10.31 11.13 12.01

Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................ 6.50 6.50 10.88 11.22 12.01

Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 6.00 7.20 8.25 10.25 11.50

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,

hand ........................................................................ 7.30 8.25 8.50 10.50 20.24

Packers and packagers, hand ...................................... 5.90 6.00 7.50 10.49 10.49

1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are

calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are

scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours

are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the

same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth

of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the

75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate

shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly

wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They

include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.

Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;

nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard

Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more

information.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not

meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data

for categories not shown separately

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

All workers .............................................................................. $10.74 $13.04 $18.96 $25.92 $35.44

Management occupations ................................................. 18.67 22.89 32.45 48.57 48.57

Education administrators .................................................. 25.78 32.86 38.56 96.26 96.26

Business and financial operations occupations ............. 17.10 18.30 19.99 21.35 24.21

Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 15.53 16.25 17.30 18.75 30.50

Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 18.94 22.54 23.03 24.80 27.53

Miscellaneous community and social service specialists 12.04 12.21 12.24 13.50 14.57

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 12.71 23.40 25.12 30.48 35.44

Primary, secondary, and special education school

teachers ...................................................................... 23.40 23.72 25.61 30.33 33.60

Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... 23.06 23.59 25.27 29.93 32.94

Elementary school teachers, except special

education ............................................................ 22.90 23.58 25.17 29.93 32.89

Middle school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 23.45 23.64 25.35 29.91 34.14

Secondary school teachers .......................................... 23.40 24.00 27.21 32.10 35.21

Secondary school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 23.45 24.13 27.38 32.07 35.21

Teacher assistants ........................................................... 10.93 11.49 12.48 13.16 14.06

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 12.76 16.81 19.11 22.07 23.45

Protective service occupations ......................................... 14.10 18.96 26.42 31.87 34.79

Police officers ................................................................... 9.71 18.31 24.05 26.54 28.40

Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ................................. 9.71 18.31 24.05 26.54 28.40

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 7.33 9.00 11.78 12.81 14.01

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations .................................................................. 8.35 9.00 9.73 11.56 12.77

Building cleaning workers ................................................. 8.35 9.00 9.73 11.56 12.77

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 8.23 9.22 10.03 11.56 12.39

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 9.80 11.30 12.90 15.22 17.15

Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ 9.93 11.61 14.58 16.66 17.84

Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... 9.93 11.33 14.43 16.16 18.05

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ 10.74 13.41 16.88 16.88 16.88

Office clerks, general ........................................................ 9.01 9.58 11.66 12.69 14.07

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 9.22 13.51 14.89 16.64 17.21

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 10.56 20.82 20.82 24.36 26.91

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 10.51 11.00 12.20 12.73 15.99

Bus drivers ........................................................................ 11.00 11.77 12.71 13.16 15.99

Bus drivers, school ....................................................... 11.00 11.77 12.71 13.16 15.99

1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are

calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are

scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours

are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the

same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth

of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the

75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate

shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly

wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They

include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.

Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;

nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard

Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more

information.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not

meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data

for categories not shown separately

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006

Occupation3

Full-time workers

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All workers .............................................................................. $8.10 $11.00 $15.50 $24.03 $35.50

Management occupations ................................................. 16.93 23.01 29.81 48.57 68.99

Financial managers .......................................................... 24.03 30.91 39.44 52.25 90.02

Education administrators .................................................. 32.50 35.36 42.95 96.26 96.26

Business and financial operations occupations ............. 17.15 18.98 21.95 26.92 31.54

Human resources, training, and labor relations

specialists ................................................................... 21.67 22.78 26.44 31.02 31.73

Accountants and auditors ................................................. 16.76 17.40 18.98 22.12 28.37

Financial analysts and advisors ........................................ 15.85 17.83 25.24 26.92 34.62

Financial analysts ......................................................... 16.83 18.32 25.56 27.09 29.81

Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 17.17 26.25 34.14 42.39 51.75

Computer software engineers .......................................... 29.53 33.98 40.63 50.48 55.00

Computer software engineers, systems software ......... 29.81 33.98 38.39 50.48 55.00

Computer systems analysts ............................................. 16.46 17.98 31.67 41.98 49.43

Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... 14.42 17.41 22.70 35.06 48.97

Engineers ......................................................................... 24.00 31.21 35.06 44.76 56.77

Computer hardware engineers ..................................... 31.21 33.30 40.67 52.17 62.93

Engineering technicians, except drafters .......................... 15.78 17.41 19.38 22.70 30.00

Electrical and electronic engineering technicians ......... 15.91 17.41 19.38 22.70 30.00

Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 22.54 22.54 24.11 24.80 27.53

Community and social services occupations .................. 8.15 12.21 13.50 17.55 33.57

Miscellaneous community and social service specialists 7.00 12.01 12.21 12.82 14.69

Legal occupations .............................................................. 20.19 24.04 39.14 55.32 84.38

Lawyers ............................................................................ 38.18 39.81 50.96 61.80 100.96

Paralegals and legal assistants ........................................ 16.83 20.19 22.79 26.44 35.10

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 12.67 23.14 25.15 30.33 34.49

Postsecondary teachers ................................................... 22.99 26.09 29.75 37.58 41.63

Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................ 16.51 23.08 32.71 41.25 49.77

Primary, secondary, and special education school

teachers ...................................................................... 22.93 23.66 25.81 30.39 33.29

Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... 23.23 23.66 25.52 30.13 32.89

Elementary school teachers, except special

education ............................................................ 22.96 23.64 25.52 29.70 32.77

Middle school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 23.45 23.72 25.60 30.39 33.54

Secondary school teachers .......................................... 23.45 24.12 27.79 31.78 34.90

Secondary school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 23.45 24.42 28.26 31.78 34.90

Teacher assistants ........................................................... 10.93 11.49 12.48 13.16 14.06

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations .................................................................. 10.21 14.78 19.42 24.63 38.72

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 14.45 18.50 25.22 35.50 46.25

Registered nurses ............................................................ 20.40 22.36 25.13 29.82 31.21

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 14.50 16.08 17.40 18.98 20.40

Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 7.00 7.28 9.45 15.25 20.25

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... 7.00 7.00 7.84 9.35 10.60

Protective service occupations ......................................... 9.75 10.50 12.00 20.10 31.87

Police officers ................................................................... 18.99 22.61 25.96 28.40 30.39

Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ................................. 18.99 22.61 25.96 28.40 30.39

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............ 9.50 10.00 11.00 12.00 12.00

Security guards ............................................................. 9.50 10.00 11.00 12.00 12.00

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 2.13 6.50 8.43 9.75 11.69

Cooks ............................................................................... 7.25 8.50 9.75 9.75 12.00

Food service, tipped ......................................................... 2.13 2.13 2.18 3.00 6.50

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006 —

Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations .................................................................. $6.75 $7.48 $8.35 $10.91 $13.43

Building cleaning workers ................................................. 6.50 7.48 8.06 9.80 12.04

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 6.50 7.48 8.06 9.06 11.14

Sales and related occupations .......................................... 7.00 8.00 11.99 20.78 35.28

Retail sales workers ......................................................... 6.75 7.18 8.10 12.98 15.50

Cashiers, all workers .................................................... 6.90 7.00 8.00 10.31 12.98

Cashiers ................................................................... 6.90 7.00 8.00 10.31 12.98

Retail salespersons ...................................................... 6.25 7.00 8.08 13.30 13.75

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 9.93 11.59 13.50 16.50 19.79

First-line supervisors/managers of office and

administrative support workers ................................... 14.27 15.50 21.69 28.89 30.72

Financial clerks ................................................................. 9.00 11.84 14.53 17.65 20.63

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. 7.50 11.00 13.37 15.21 19.77

Receptionists and information clerks ................................ 9.95 10.00 10.39 12.02 13.85

Dispatchers ....................................................................... 11.50 12.52 13.00 15.50 17.78

Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ 8.75 8.75 10.00 12.68 14.00

Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ 10.74 13.04 16.31 17.75 21.83

Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... 10.51 12.69 15.40 17.86 21.83

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ 12.05 16.31 17.54 17.90 20.97

Data entry and information processing workers ............... 10.71 11.85 12.30 13.59 14.09

Office clerks, general ........................................................ 9.01 9.58 11.80 13.00 17.83

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 9.00 10.25 15.00 21.13 25.52

First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades

and extraction workers ............................................... 14.80 15.68 18.80 25.52 25.52

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ........... 8.00 8.00 14.47 22.79 24.81

Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......................... 10.50 14.47 18.73 22.79 24.81

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 11.00 12.00 15.00 18.00 23.80

Automotive technicians and repairers .............................. 10.00 11.50 12.65 16.30 18.83

Automotive service technicians and mechanics ........... 10.00 11.04 12.50 13.20 18.83

Production occupations .................................................... 8.00 9.25 12.00 15.00 18.22

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ....................... 9.75 10.25 12.07 12.07 12.07

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 7.50 8.00 10.49 11.77 12.71

Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 7.00 7.50 9.00 10.49 13.00

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,

hand ........................................................................ 8.25 8.50 10.20 12.24 20.24

1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time

schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,

a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a

full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in

another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are

calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are

scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours

are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the

same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth

of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the

75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate

shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly

wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They

include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.

Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;

nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard

Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more

information.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not

meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data

for categories not shown separately

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 10. Part-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006

Occupation3

Part-time workers

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All workers .............................................................................. $6.08 $6.73 $8.35 $10.28 $15.00

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 10.88 14.58 15.14 42.93 51.80

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 14.73 21.01 24.49 28.00 29.92

Registered nurses ............................................................ 21.47 23.70 26.92 28.00 29.44

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 2.13 5.50 7.50 8.56 9.50

Food service, tipped ......................................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.13 6.78

Fast food and counter workers ......................................... 5.15 6.50 7.50 8.56 8.75

Personal care and service occupations ........................... 5.97 7.40 8.85 10.00 10.66

Sales and related occupations .......................................... 6.50 7.00 8.00 9.60 10.52

Retail sales workers ......................................................... 6.50 6.75 7.75 9.00 10.23

Cashiers, all workers .................................................... 7.00 7.50 8.00 9.50 10.75

Cashiers ................................................................... 7.00 7.50 8.00 9.50 10.75

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 8.31 9.12 10.13 12.50 15.00

Office clerks, general ........................................................ 10.00 10.00 11.50 12.55 15.31

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 5.15 6.00 6.75 8.50 12.20

Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 6.00 6.00 7.85 8.50 10.00

1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time

schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,

a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a

full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in

another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are

calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are

scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours

are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the

same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth

of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the

75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate

shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly

wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They

include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.

Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;

nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard

Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more

information.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not

meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data

for categories not shown separately

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and

annual hours, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

All workers ................................................ $20.22 $15.50 $809 $600 40.0 $40,943 $31,356 2,025

Management occupations ................... 39.22 29.81 1,614 1,231 41.2 78,441 61,004 2,000

Financial managers ............................ 43.94 39.44 1,758 1,578 40.0 91,396 82,035 2,080

Education administrators .................... 58.90 42.95 2,339 1,718 39.7 107,640 70,678 1,827

Business and financial operations

occupations .................................... 23.45 21.95 941 878 40.1 48,952 45,664 2,087

Human resources, training, and labor

relations specialists ...................... 26.40 26.44 1,056 1,058 40.0 54,903 54,999 2,080

Accountants and auditors ................... 20.76 18.98 830 759 40.0 43,179 39,480 2,080

Financial analysts and advisors .......... 23.83 25.24 951 1,010 39.9 49,470 52,499 2,076

Financial analysts ........................... 24.22 25.56 969 1,023 40.0 50,372 53,171 2,080

Computer and mathematical science

occupations .................................... 35.25 34.14 1,418 1,365 40.2 73,752 71,001 2,092

Computer software engineers ............ 42.13 40.63 1,694 1,621 40.2 88,090 84,300 2,091

Computer software engineers,

systems software ...................... 41.53 38.39 1,661 1,536 40.0 86,376 79,851 2,080

Computer systems analysts ............... 31.03 31.67 1,241 1,267 40.0 64,551 65,872 2,080

Architecture and engineering

occupations .................................... 28.75 22.70 1,167 908 40.6 60,676 47,216 2,111

Engineers ........................................... 39.45 35.06 1,631 1,456 41.3 84,790 75,689 2,149

Computer hardware engineers ....... 46.51 40.67 1,902 1,665 40.9 98,880 86,588 2,126

Engineering technicians, except

drafters ......................................... 22.77 19.38 911 775 40.0 47,358 40,319 2,080

Electrical and electronic

engineering technicians ............ 23.41 19.38 936 775 40.0 48,695 40,319 2,080

Life, physical, and social science

occupations .................................... 24.82 24.11 974 924 39.2 49,665 48,064 2,001

Community and social services

occupations .................................... 16.17 13.50 646 540 40.0 32,412 28,070 2,005

Miscellaneous community and social

service specialists ......................... 11.87 12.21 475 489 40.0 24,684 25,405 2,080

Legal occupations ................................ 46.20 39.14 2,024 2,100 43.8 105,223 109,201 2,278

Lawyers .............................................. 59.06 50.96 2,740 2,213 46.4 142,472 115,072 2,412

Paralegals and legal assistants .......... 24.29 22.79 971 912 40.0 50,514 47,401 2,080

Education, training, and library

occupations .................................... 25.42 25.15 1,003 992 39.5 38,615 37,755 1,519

Postsecondary teachers ..................... 31.16 29.75 1,202 1,090 38.6 48,631 48,438 1,561

Miscellaneous postsecondary

teachers .................................... 32.95 32.71 1,318 1,308 40.0 54,804 54,121 1,663

Primary, secondary, and special

education school teachers ............ 26.76 25.81 1,062 1,021 39.7 40,024 38,257 1,495

Elementary and middle school

teachers .................................... 26.81 25.52 1,062 1,010 39.6 39,660 37,790 1,479

Elementary school teachers,

except special education ...... 26.58 25.52 1,052 1,005 39.6 39,341 37,580 1,480

Middle school teachers, except

special and vocational

education .............................. 27.32 25.60 1,083 1,017 39.6 40,400 38,021 1,479

Secondary school teachers ............ 28.49 27.79 1,136 1,109 39.9 42,431 41,668 1,489

Secondary school teachers,

except special and vocational

education .............................. 28.68 28.26 1,142 1,130 39.8 42,643 42,272 1,487

Teacher assistants ............................. 12.38 12.48 486 494 39.2 19,013 19,268 1,536

Arts, design, entertainment, sports,

and media occupations .................. 22.84 19.42 929 777 40.7 48,089 40,400 2,106

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and

annual hours, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Healthcare practitioner and technical

occupations .................................... $34.39 $25.22 $1,318 $1,005 38.3 $68,535 $52,270 1,993

Registered nurses .............................. 25.53 25.13 962 951 37.7 50,033 49,454 1,960

Licensed practical and licensed

vocational nurses .......................... 17.40 17.40 696 696 40.0 36,201 36,192 2,080

Healthcare support occupations ......... 11.42 9.45 440 381 38.6 22,901 19,822 2,005

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health

aides ............................................. 8.39 7.84 336 314 40.0 17,456 16,307 2,080

Protective service occupations ........... 16.33 12.00 676 480 41.4 35,155 24,960 2,153

Police officers ..................................... 25.15 25.96 1,011 1,038 40.2 52,555 53,997 2,090

Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ... 25.15 25.96 1,011 1,038 40.2 52,555 53,997 2,090

Security guards and gaming

surveillance officers ...................... 11.00 11.00 440 440 40.0 22,888 22,880 2,080

Security guards ............................... 11.00 11.00 440 440 40.0 22,888 22,880 2,080

Food preparation and serving related

occupations .................................... 7.70 8.43 278 304 36.0 14,327 15,600 1,860

Cooks ................................................. 9.49 9.75 368 390 38.8 19,152 20,280 2,019

Food service, tipped ........................... 3.10 2.18 104 70 33.4 5,388 3,628 1,737

Building and grounds cleaning and

maintenance occupations ............. 9.47 8.35 381 331 40.2 19,640 16,942 2,074

Building cleaning workers ................... 8.88 8.06 355 322 39.9 18,265 16,756 2,058

Janitors and cleaners, except

maids and housekeeping

cleaners .................................... 8.51 8.06 340 322 39.9 17,569 16,756 2,064

Sales and related occupations ............ 19.98 11.99 807 480 40.4 41,952 24,939 2,100

Retail sales workers ........................... 10.34 8.10 422 324 40.8 21,968 16,848 2,124

Cashiers, all workers ...................... 8.80 8.00 347 316 39.4 18,020 16,432 2,047

Cashiers ..................................... 8.80 8.00 347 316 39.4 18,020 16,432 2,047

Retail salespersons ........................ 9.65 8.08 405 346 42.0 21,067 17,991 2,184

Office and administrative support

occupations .................................... 14.33 13.50 568 536 39.7 29,450 27,799 2,055

First-line supervisors/managers of

office and administrative support

workers ......................................... 22.22 21.69 880 847 39.6 45,752 44,034 2,059

Financial clerks ................................... 14.87 14.53 583 563 39.2 30,316 29,250 2,039

Bookkeeping, accounting, and

auditing clerks ........................... 13.68 13.37 542 535 39.6 28,168 27,799 2,059

Receptionists and information clerks .. 10.95 10.39 438 415 40.0 22,777 21,601 2,080

Dispatchers ......................................... 13.92 13.00 557 520 40.0 28,709 28,662 2,062

Stock clerks and order fillers .............. 11.01 10.00 440 400 40.0 22,905 20,800 2,080

Secretaries and administrative

assistants ...................................... 15.95 16.31 638 652 40.0 32,903 33,921 2,063

Executive secretaries and

administrative assistants .......... 15.51 15.40 621 616 40.0 31,903 31,801 2,057

Secretaries, except legal, medical,

and executive ........................... 17.08 17.54 683 702 40.0 35,366 36,483 2,070

Data entry and information processing

workers ......................................... 12.39 12.30 493 492 39.8 25,634 25,584 2,069

Office clerks, general .......................... 12.25 11.80 490 472 40.0 25,457 24,540 2,078

Construction and extraction

occupations .................................... 16.27 15.00 656 600 40.3 34,118 31,200 2,097

First-line supervisors/managers of

construction trades and extraction

workers ......................................... 19.93 18.80 816 744 41.0 42,450 38,709 2,129

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and

steamfitters ................................... 15.55 14.47 622 579 40.0 32,352 30,098 2,080

Plumbers, pipefitters, and

steamfitters ............................... 19.09 18.73 764 749 40.0 39,706 38,954 2,080

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and

annual hours, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Installation, maintenance, and repair

occupations .................................... $16.01 $15.00 $662 $617 41.3 $34,407 $32,072 2,149

Automotive technicians and repairers 13.62 12.65 591 563 43.4 30,724 29,250 2,256

Automotive service technicians and

mechanics ................................ 13.24 12.50 579 563 43.7 30,085 29,250 2,273

Production occupations ...................... 12.51 12.00 496 450 39.7 25,808 23,400 2,063

Miscellaneous assemblers and

fabricators ..................................... 11.36 12.07 454 483 40.0 23,630 25,114 2,080

Transportation and material moving

occupations .................................... 10.31 10.49 411 420 39.8 20,514 20,800 1,989

Laborers and material movers, hand .. 9.83 9.00 393 360 40.0 19,543 17,680 1,987

Laborers and freight, stock, and

material movers, hand .............. 11.62 10.20 465 408 40.0 21,856 19,927 1,880

1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time

schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a

worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time

employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,

where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard

Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more

information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to

employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and

hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,

nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay

of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See

appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries

paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of

the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly

hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of

overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries

paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of

the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual

hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of

overtime.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet

publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for

categories not shown separately

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Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean

weekly and annual hours, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

All workers ................................................ $19.85 $14.25 $794 $560 40.0 $41,175 $29,120 2,074

Management occupations ................... 40.67 29.35 1,704 1,187 41.9 88,614 61,718 2,179

Financial managers ............................ 45.89 39.44 1,836 1,578 40.0 95,459 82,035 2,080

Business and financial operations

occupations .................................... 25.76 25.79 1,037 1,037 40.2 53,904 53,914 2,093

Human resources, training, and labor

relations specialists ...................... 27.19 26.44 1,087 1,058 40.0 56,547 54,999 2,080

Financial analysts and advisors .......... 23.80 25.24 950 1,010 39.9 49,405 52,499 2,076

Financial analysts ........................... 24.22 25.56 969 1,023 40.0 50,372 53,171 2,080

Computer and mathematical science

occupations .................................... 39.09 36.78 1,575 1,495 40.3 81,894 77,746 2,095

Computer software engineers ............ 42.13 40.63 1,694 1,621 40.2 88,090 84,300 2,091

Computer software engineers,

systems software ...................... 41.53 38.39 1,661 1,536 40.0 86,376 79,851 2,080

Architecture and engineering

occupations .................................... 28.89 22.93 1,173 908 40.6 61,003 47,216 2,111

Engineers ........................................... 39.70 35.20 1,642 1,477 41.4 85,398 76,800 2,151

Computer hardware engineers ....... 46.51 40.67 1,902 1,665 40.9 98,880 86,588 2,126

Engineering technicians, except

drafters ......................................... 22.85 19.38 914 775 40.0 47,519 40,319 2,080

Electrical and electronic

engineering technicians ............ 23.41 19.38 936 775 40.0 48,695 40,319 2,080

Legal occupations ................................ 46.74 39.14 2,062 2,152 44.1 107,233 111,929 2,294

Paralegals and legal assistants .......... 24.29 22.79 971 912 40.0 50,514 47,401 2,080

Education, training, and library

occupations .................................... 22.42 21.74 897 870 40.0 39,786 42,276 1,775

Arts, design, entertainment, sports,

and media occupations .................. 22.59 19.42 921 777 40.8 47,909 40,400 2,120

Healthcare practitioner and technical

occupations .................................... 35.96 28.60 1,369 1,080 38.1 71,164 56,160 1,979

Healthcare support occupations ......... 11.48 9.35 442 381 38.5 22,980 19,822 2,001

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health

aides ............................................. 8.39 7.84 336 314 40.0 17,456 16,307 2,080

Food preparation and serving related

occupations .................................... 7.64 8.43 275 300 36.0 14,284 15,600 1,870

Cooks ................................................. 9.49 9.75 368 390 38.8 19,152 20,280 2,019

Food service, tipped ........................... 3.10 2.18 104 70 33.4 5,388 3,628 1,737

Building and grounds cleaning and

maintenance occupations ............. 9.20 8.06 371 322 40.3 19,269 16,756 2,095

Building cleaning workers ................... 8.36 7.50 334 300 39.9 17,356 15,600 2,077

Janitors and cleaners, except

maids and housekeeping

cleaners .................................... 8.12 7.48 324 299 39.9 16,863 15,560 2,076

Sales and related occupations ............ 20.12 11.99 813 480 40.4 42,258 24,939 2,100

Retail sales workers ........................... 10.27 8.10 420 324 40.9 21,829 16,848 2,125

Cashiers, all workers ...................... 8.48 7.90 334 316 39.3 17,345 16,432 2,044

Cashiers ..................................... 8.48 7.90 334 316 39.3 17,345 16,432 2,044

Retail salespersons ........................ 9.65 8.08 405 346 42.0 21,067 17,991 2,184

Office and administrative support

occupations .................................... 14.65 13.87 580 544 39.6 30,085 28,301 2,054

First-line supervisors/managers of

office and administrative support

workers ......................................... 22.39 21.69 886 867 39.6 46,066 45,105 2,057

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean

weekly and annual hours, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Financial clerks ................................... $15.07 $14.53 $590 $563 39.2 $30,692 $29,250 2,036

Bookkeeping, accounting, and

auditing clerks ........................... 13.88 13.98 549 559 39.6 28,562 29,078 2,057

Receptionists and information clerks .. 10.91 10.25 436 410 40.0 22,693 21,320 2,080

Stock clerks and order fillers .............. 11.01 10.00 440 400 40.0 22,905 20,800 2,080

Secretaries and administrative

assistants ...................................... 17.70 17.54 708 702 40.0 36,380 36,483 2,055

Executive secretaries and

administrative assistants .......... 18.77 18.75 751 750 40.0 37,814 36,924 2,014

Secretaries, except legal, medical,

and executive ........................... 17.77 17.54 711 702 40.0 36,957 36,483 2,080

Office clerks, general .......................... 13.36 12.09 533 484 39.9 27,733 25,147 2,076

Construction and extraction

occupations .................................... 16.59 15.00 670 600 40.4 34,863 31,200 2,102

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and

steamfitters ................................... 15.72 18.73 629 749 40.0 32,696 38,954 2,080

Installation, maintenance, and repair

occupations .................................... 15.83 15.00 655 600 41.4 34,068 31,200 2,152

Automotive technicians and repairers 13.61 12.65 591 563 43.4 30,722 29,250 2,257

Automotive service technicians and

mechanics ................................ 13.23 12.50 578 563 43.7 30,079 29,250 2,274

Production occupations ...................... 12.25 11.50 486 446 39.7 25,275 23,171 2,063

Miscellaneous assemblers and

fabricators ..................................... 11.36 12.07 454 483 40.0 23,630 25,114 2,080

Transportation and material moving

occupations .................................... 10.22 10.31 408 412 39.9 20,649 21,174 2,021

Laborers and material movers, hand .. 9.82 8.75 393 350 40.0 19,535 17,680 1,989

1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time

schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a

worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time

employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,

where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard

Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more

information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to

employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and

hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,

nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay

of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See

appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries

paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of

the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly

hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of

overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries

paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of

the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual

hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of

overtime.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet

publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for

categories not shown separately

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Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings

and mean weekly and annual hours, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

All workers ................................................ $21.53 $19.31 $863 $774 40.1 $40,190 $36,411 1,867

Management occupations ................... 36.70 32.50 1,466 1,300 39.9 64,274 57,092 1,751

Education administrators .................... 58.90 42.95 2,339 1,718 39.7 107,640 70,678 1,827

Business and financial operations

occupations .................................... 20.17 19.99 807 799 40.0 41,960 41,571 2,080

Computer and mathematical science

occupations .................................... 19.04 17.30 761 692 40.0 39,596 35,988 2,080

Life, physical, and social science

occupations .................................... 24.16 23.75 965 950 39.9 48,823 49,400 2,021

Miscellaneous community and social

service specialists ......................... 12.96 12.24 519 490 40.0 26,965 25,465 2,080

Education, training, and library

occupations .................................... 25.73 25.27 1,014 995 39.4 38,514 37,380 1,497

Primary, secondary, and special

education school teachers ............ 27.09 25.67 1,074 1,021 39.7 40,188 38,179 1,484

Elementary and middle school

teachers .................................... 26.68 25.29 1,056 997 39.6 39,492 37,298 1,480

Elementary school teachers,

except special education ...... 26.52 25.27 1,049 997 39.6 39,240 37,298 1,480

Middle school teachers, except

special and vocational

education .............................. 27.07 25.35 1,072 1,002 39.6 40,097 37,461 1,481

Secondary school teachers ............ 28.25 27.21 1,126 1,085 39.9 42,164 40,691 1,492

Secondary school teachers,

except special and vocational

education .............................. 28.37 27.38 1,130 1,094 39.8 42,294 40,963 1,491

Teacher assistants ............................. 12.38 12.48 486 494 39.2 19,013 19,268 1,536

Healthcare practitioner and technical

occupations .................................... 18.73 19.11 772 780 41.2 40,140 40,560 2,143

Protective service occupations ........... 26.50 26.54 1,177 1,136 44.4 61,227 59,072 2,311

Police officers ..................................... 25.15 25.96 1,011 1,038 40.2 52,555 53,997 2,090

Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ... 25.15 25.96 1,011 1,038 40.2 52,555 53,997 2,090

Building and grounds cleaning and

maintenance occupations ............. 10.49 9.69 419 388 40.0 20,981 20,155 1,999

Building cleaning workers ................... 10.49 9.69 419 388 40.0 20,981 20,155 1,999

Janitors and cleaners, except

maids and housekeeping

cleaners .................................... 10.19 9.87 407 395 39.9 20,531 20,322 2,015

Office and administrative support

occupations .................................... 13.38 12.93 535 517 40.0 27,584 26,437 2,061

Secretaries and administrative

assistants ...................................... 14.27 14.58 571 583 40.0 29,529 30,000 2,070

Executive secretaries and

administrative assistants .......... 14.14 14.43 565 577 40.0 29,333 29,914 2,075

Secretaries, except legal, medical,

and executive ........................... 14.98 16.88 599 675 40.0 30,563 35,110 2,041

Office clerks, general .......................... 11.36 11.66 454 466 40.0 23,623 24,253 2,080

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings

and mean weekly and annual hours, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Construction and extraction

occupations .................................... $15.30 $15.23 $612 $609 40.0 $31,833 $31,687 2,080

Installation, maintenance, and repair

occupations .................................... 20.29 20.82 811 833 40.0 42,194 43,312 2,080

1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time

schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a

worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time

employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,

where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard

Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more

information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to

employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and

hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,

nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay

of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See

appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries

paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of

the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly

hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of

overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries

paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of

the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual

hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of

overtime.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet

publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for

categories not shown separately

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Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings1 of private industry establishments

for major occupational groups, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006

Occupational group2 Total 1-99

workers

100-499

workers

500

workers

or more

All workers .................................................................... $18.30 $15.11 $19.36 $25.30

Management, professional, and related ..................... 33.67 29.96 40.39 32.15

Management, business, and financial .................... 33.46 26.85 39.53 33.90

Professional and related ......................................... 33.78 31.22 40.82 31.16

Service ........................................................................ 8.89 9.14 9.02 7.70

Sales and office .......................................................... 15.50 13.58 13.81 23.97

Sales and related .................................................... 17.46 13.65 14.14 –

Office and administrative support ........................... 14.14 13.51 13.61 16.08

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 16.01 15.35 15.51 25.20

Construction and extraction ................................... 16.59 17.90 – –

Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... 15.83 14.86 – –

Production, transportation, and material moving ........ 10.88 10.53 11.02 –

Production .............................................................. 12.12 12.08 11.89 –

Transportation and material moving ....................... 9.34 9.04 9.69 –

Relative error3 (percent)

All workers .................................................................... 4.6 8.5 6.9 9.6

Management, professional, and related ..................... 3.8 9.8 8.6 4.5

Management, business, and financial .................... 5.6 10.6 15.4 7.8

Professional and related ......................................... 4.1 11.6 7.6 7.8

Service ........................................................................ 8.2 12.2 7.5 4.2

Sales and office .......................................................... 12.5 10.3 9.0 31.5

Sales and related .................................................... 26.1 19.1 21.1 –

Office and administrative support ........................... 3.0 4.7 5.0 6.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 3.7 3.9 12.5 8.7

Construction and extraction ................................... 11.0 8.4 – –

Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... 6.0 4.6 – –

Production, transportation, and material moving ........ 4.8 10.7 4.2 –

Production .............................................................. 5.4 18.1 6.1 –

Transportation and material moving ....................... 3.7 5.4 12.7 –

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries

paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living

adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for

overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and

tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers

and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.

See appendix A for more information. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000

Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See

appendix B for more information.

3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error

expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to

calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate.

For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that

data did not meet publication criteria.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation

Survey.

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Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean

weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

All workers .................................................................... $16.16 $12.80 $649 $516 40.1 $33,666 $26,832 2,083

Management occupations ....................................... 26.97 26.07 1,170 1,035 43.4 60,837 53,839 2,255

Architecture and engineering occupations ........... 24.55 16.83 1,010 673 41.1 52,534 35,000 2,140

Food preparation and serving related

occupations ........................................................ 6.92 8.00 247 289 35.7 12,843 15,028 1,855

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations ........................................................ 9.09 7.50 363 300 40.0 18,900 15,600 2,080

Sales and related occupations ................................ 14.78 9.17 604 440 40.9 31,405 22,880 2,125

Retail sales workers ............................................... 10.08 8.07 418 323 41.5 21,745 16,800 2,158

Retail salespersons ............................................ 9.51 8.07 407 346 42.8 21,160 17,991 2,226

Office and administrative support occupations .... 14.03 13.98 550 559 39.2 28,615 29,047 2,040

Financial clerks ....................................................... 14.80 14.53 571 563 38.5 29,669 29,250 2,005

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ... 13.10 13.37 514 535 39.2 26,729 27,799 2,040

Secretaries and administrative assistants .............. 15.35 16.31 614 652 40.0 31,935 33,921 2,080

Office clerks, general .............................................. 12.18 12.00 487 480 40.0 25,340 24,960 2,080

Construction and extraction occupations ............. 17.90 20.17 716 807 40.0 37,230 41,954 2,080

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 14.86 13.20 619 576 41.6 32,162 29,952 2,164

Automotive technicians and repairers .................... 13.61 12.65 591 563 43.4 30,722 29,250 2,257

Automotive service technicians and mechanics 13.23 12.50 578 563 43.7 30,079 29,250 2,274

Production occupations .......................................... 12.08 10.60 486 424 40.3 25,292 22,048 2,094

Transportation and material moving occupations 9.84 10.49 394 420 40.0 19,698 21,819 2,002

Laborers and material movers, hand ...................... 8.46 7.50 338 300 40.0 16,137 15,600 1,908

1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule

based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a

35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one

establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is

the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational

Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.

They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are

premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The

mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of

workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to

employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are

paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an

employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to

employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are

paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an

employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet

publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not

shown separately

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Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean

weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

All workers .................................................................... $24.21 $17.30 $964 $673 39.8 $49,960 $35,194 2,064

Management occupations ....................................... 50.29 39.42 2,058 1,578 40.9 107,035 82,035 2,128

Financial managers ................................................ 45.89 39.44 1,836 1,578 40.0 95,459 82,035 2,080

Business and financial operations occupations ... 25.64 25.56 1,033 1,032 40.3 53,713 53,643 2,095

Human resources, training, and labor relations

specialists ......................................................... 27.19 26.44 1,087 1,058 40.0 56,547 54,999 2,080

Financial analysts and advisors .............................. 21.25 18.32 847 733 39.9 44,070 38,108 2,074

Financial analysts ............................................... 24.22 25.56 969 1,023 40.0 50,372 53,171 2,080

Computer and mathematical science occupations 40.42 40.36 1,632 1,615 40.4 84,870 83,955 2,100

Computer software engineers ................................ 41.46 40.63 1,669 1,621 40.3 86,796 84,300 2,093

Computer software engineers, systems software 40.50 38.39 1,620 1,536 40.0 84,248 79,851 2,080

Architecture and engineering occupations ........... 30.96 31.21 1,249 1,248 40.3 64,959 64,917 2,098

Engineers ............................................................... 39.20 36.58 1,593 1,514 40.6 82,838 78,728 2,113

Engineering technicians, except drafters ................ 20.16 19.38 806 775 40.0 41,924 40,319 2,080

Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 20.14 19.38 806 775 40.0 41,900 40,319 2,080

Education, training, and library occupations ........ 22.25 20.07 890 803 40.0 39,923 42,894 1,795

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations ........................................................ 24.76 24.39 1,015 985 41.0 52,783 51,226 2,131

Healthcare practitioner and technical

occupations ........................................................ 23.49 21.57 906 842 38.6 47,130 43,784 2,007

Healthcare support occupations ............................. 8.29 7.70 331 308 40.0 17,237 16,016 2,080

Food preparation and serving related

occupations ........................................................ 8.71 9.75 317 339 36.4 16,487 17,638 1,894

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations ........................................................ 9.29 8.06 376 322 40.5 19,576 16,756 2,107

Building cleaning workers ....................................... 8.96 8.06 357 322 39.9 18,587 16,756 2,075

Sales and related occupations ................................ 35.40 13.30 1,383 532 39.1 71,905 27,664 2,031

Retail sales workers ............................................... 11.49 11.99 429 480 37.3 22,299 24,939 1,942

Office and administrative support occupations .... 15.24 13.34 608 532 39.9 31,495 27,664 2,067

Financial clerks ....................................................... 15.41 15.21 616 608 39.9 32,008 31,637 2,077

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ... 14.69 13.98 586 559 39.9 30,485 29,078 2,075

Receptionists and information clerks ...................... 10.97 11.00 439 440 40.0 22,816 22,880 2,080

Secretaries and administrative assistants .............. 20.83 21.63 833 865 40.0 42,148 42,806 2,023

Executive secretaries and administrative

assistants ...................................................... 20.89 21.83 836 873 40.0 41,257 38,651 1,975

Office clerks, general .............................................. 15.52 19.00 617 760 39.8 32,109 39,528 2,070

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean

weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Construction and extraction occupations ............. $14.84 $11.75 $608 $470 41.0 $31,635 $24,440 2,132

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 26.09 26.01 1,020 1,040 39.1 53,025 54,101 2,032

Production occupations .......................................... 12.42 12.07 486 459 39.1 25,260 23,868 2,033

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ............. 11.36 12.07 454 483 40.0 23,630 25,114 2,080

Transportation and material moving occupations 11.09 9.25 440 370 39.7 22,899 19,240 2,065

Laborers and material movers, hand ...................... 11.21 9.50 448 380 40.0 23,313 19,760 2,080

1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule

based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a

35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one

establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is

the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational

Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.

They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are

premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The

mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of

workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to

employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are

paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an

employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to

employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are

paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an

employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet

publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not

shown separately

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Table 17. Union1 and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational groups, Austin-San

Marcos, TX, April 2006

Occupational group3

Union Nonunion

Civilian

workers

Private

industry

workers

State and

local

government

workers

Civilian

workers

Private

industry

workers

State and

local

government

workers

All workers .................................................................... $22.36 $22.36 – $18.92 $18.26 $21.51

Management, professional, and related ..................... – – – 30.83 33.71 25.91

Management, business, and financial .................... – – – 31.26 33.46 27.86

Professional and related ......................................... – – – 30.60 33.83 24.79

Service ........................................................................ – – – 10.17 8.89 19.33

Sales and office .......................................................... – – – 15.15 15.48 13.36

Sales and related .................................................... – – – 17.39 17.46 –

Office and administrative support ........................... – – – 13.92 14.10 13.35

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 22.76 22.76 – 15.48 15.40 16.11

Construction and extraction ................................... – 21.90 – – 14.22 14.54

Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... – – – 15.84 15.65 20.29

Production, transportation, and material moving ........ – – – 11.08 10.88 15.20

Production .............................................................. – – – 12.35 12.12 –

Transportation and material moving ....................... – – – 9.51 9.34 12.58

Relative error4 (percent)

All workers .................................................................... 2.3 2.3 – 3.6 4.5 2.5

Management, professional, and related ..................... – – – 2.7 3.8 3.7

Management, business, and financial .................... – – – 4.9 5.6 12.4

Professional and related ......................................... – – – 3.1 4.1 4.9

Service ........................................................................ – – – 6.1 8.2 7.0

Sales and office .......................................................... – – – 10.9 12.6 5.4

Sales and related .................................................... – – – 25.7 26.1 –

Office and administrative support ........................... – – – 2.6 2.9 5.5

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 5.7 5.7 – 4.1 4.5 7.1

Construction and extraction ................................... – .0 – – 6.1 7.1

Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... – – – 6.0 6.0 6.0

Production, transportation, and material moving ........ – – – 4.6 4.8 11.4

Production .............................................................. – – – 5.1 5.4 –

Transportation and material moving ....................... – – – 3.5 3.7 11.0

1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through

collective bargaining. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to

employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and

hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,

nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay

of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See

appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard

Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more

information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a

percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"

around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix

A.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet

publication criteria.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 18. Time and incentive workers1: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational

groups, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006

Occupational group3

Time Incentive

Civilian

workers

Private

industry

workers

Civilian

workers

Private

industry

workers

All workers .................................................................... $18.42 $17.57 $27.74 $27.74

Management, professional, and related ..................... 29.64 31.96 58.77 58.90

Management, business, and financial .................... 30.02 31.61 – –

Professional and related ......................................... 29.46 32.12 – –

Service ........................................................................ 10.13 8.83 – –

Sales and office .......................................................... 14.57 14.84 19.41 19.41

Sales and related .................................................... 16.20 16.27 19.98 19.98

Office and administrative support ........................... 13.96 14.15 – –

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 15.98 15.97 – –

Construction and extraction ................................... – 16.59 – –

Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... 15.96 15.76 – –

Production, transportation, and material moving ........ 11.06 10.86 – –

Production .............................................................. 12.34 12.10 – –

Transportation and material moving ....................... 9.51 9.34 – –

Relative error4 (percent)

All workers .................................................................... 3.4 4.3 11.5 11.5

Management, professional, and related ..................... 2.5 3.6 28.6 28.7

Management, business, and financial .................... 5.9 7.3 – –

Professional and related ......................................... 2.9 4.1 – –

Service ........................................................................ 6.0 7.9 – –

Sales and office .......................................................... 9.4 11.3 15.8 15.8

Sales and related .................................................... 30.0 30.7 16.3 16.3

Office and administrative support ........................... 2.7 3.0 – –

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 3.6 3.9 – –

Construction and extraction ................................... – 11.0 – –

Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... 6.4 6.4 – –

Production, transportation, and material moving ........ 4.6 4.8 – –

Production .............................................................. 5.2 5.5 – –

Transportation and material moving ....................... 3.5 3.7 – –

1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate

or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at

least partially based on productivity payments such as piece

rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries

paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living

adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for

overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and

tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers

and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.

See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000

Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See

appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error

expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to

calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate.

For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that

data did not meet publication criteria.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation

Survey.

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Table 19. Industry sector1: Mean hourly earnings2 for private industry workers by major occupational group, Austin-San

Marcos, TX, April 2006

Occupational group3

Goods producing Service providing

ConstructionManufacturing

Trade,

transportation,

and utilities

InformationFinancial

activities

Professional and

business

services

Education

and

health

services

Leisure

and

hospitality

Other

services

All workers ................................................ $22.60 $25.65 $15.84 $18.65 $19.12 $22.94 $16.01 $7.99 $14.05

Management, professional, and related – 42.89 – 25.48 25.72 35.69 27.97 – –

Management, business, and financial – 60.11 – – 25.68 32.90 – – –

Professional and related ..................... – 38.15 34.32 25.28 – 36.40 27.93 – 19.56

Service .................................................... – – 10.60 – – 10.68 9.73 7.12 –

Sales and office ...................................... 35.16 17.27 12.98 15.13 15.72 15.23 14.78 8.76 –

Sales and related ................................ – – 12.38 16.58 – 25.60 – 7.70 –

Office and administrative support ....... 12.68 17.26 14.28 14.32 15.95 12.99 14.76 9.68 –

Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ..................................... 15.95 15.97 16.23 ––––––

Installation, maintenance, and repair .. – – 16.23 ––––––

Production, transportation, and material

moving .............................................. – 11.73 11.00 – – – – 7.08 –

Production .......................................... – 12.19 13.51 ––––––

Transportation and material moving ... – – 10.02 ––––––

Relative error4 (percent)

All workers ................................................ 16.5 1.8 9.7 15.0 4.0 8.0 15.3 1.2 15.2

Management, professional, and related – 4.2 – 20.3 3.0 7.3 21.4 – –

Management, business, and financial – 7.9 – – 3.1 8.9 – – –

Professional and related ..................... – 2.4 4.3 28.7 – 9.3 19.2 – 2.3

Service .................................................... – – 5.4 – – 11.5 12.0 5.1 –

Sales and office ...................................... 23.8 5.0 16.6 15.5 3.8 4.6 4.6 12.3 –

Sales and related ................................ – – 20.5 28.2 – 26.4 – 4.1 –

Office and administrative support ....... 6.1 5.1 9.3 13.8 3.1 7.6 4.7 18.6 –

Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ..................................... 1.0 13.6 4.7 ––––––

Installation, maintenance, and repair .. – – 4.7 ––––––

Production, transportation, and material

moving .............................................. – 8.0 7.0 – – – – 7.3 –

Production .......................................... – 7.2 5.4 ––––––

Transportation and material moving ... – – 5.3 ––––––

1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry

Classification System (NAICS). 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They

include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are

premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The

mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of

workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational

Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.

4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of

the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample

estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication

criteria.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Appendix A: Technical Note 

his section provides basic information on the procedures and concepts used to produce the data contained 

in this bulletin. It is divided into three parts: Planning for 

the survey; data collection; and processing and analyzing 

the data. Although this section answers some questions 

commonly asked by data users, it is not a comprehensive 

description of all of the steps required to produce the data. 

Planning for the survey

The overall design of the National Compensation Survey 

(NCS) includes questions of scope, frame, and sample selection.

Survey scope 

This survey covered establishments employing one worker 

or more in private goods-producing industries (mining, 

construction, and manufacturing); private service-providing 

industries (trade, transportation, and utilities, information, 

financial activities, professional and business services, education and health services, leisure and hospitality, and other 

services); and State and local governments employing 50 or 

more workers. Agriculture, private households, and the 

Federal Government were excluded from the scope of the 

survey. For purposes of this survey, an establishment is an 

economic unit that produces goods or services, a central 

administrative office, or an auxiliary unit providing support 

services to a company. For private industries in this survey, the establishment is usually at a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is 

defined as all locations of a government entity within the 

sampled area. 

 The Austin–San Marcos, TX, Metropolitan Statistical 

Area includes Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, and Williamson Counties.

Sampling frame

The list of establishments from which the survey sample 

was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State 

unemployment insurance reports. Due to the volatility of 

industries within the private sector, sampling frames were 

developed using the most recent month of reference available at the time the sample was selected. Approximately 

one-fifth of the sample is reselected each year. 

Sample design

The sample for this survey area was selected using a twostage stratified design with probability proportional to employment sampling at each stage. The first stage of sample 

selection was a probability sample of establishments. The 

sample of establishments was drawn by first stratifying the 

sampling frame by industry and ownership. The number of 

sample establishments allocated to each stratum is approximately proportional to the stratum employment. Each 

sampled establishment is selected within a stratum with a 

probability proportional to its employment. Use of this 

technique means that the larger an establishment’s employment, the greater its chance of selection. Weights were 

applied to each establishment when the data were tabulated 

so that it represents similar units (by industry and employment size) in the economy that were not selected for collection. The second stage of sample selection, detailed below, 

was a probability sample of occupations within a sampled 

establishment. 

Data collection

The collection of data from survey respondents required 

detailed procedures. Field economists collected the data, 

working out of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) Regional Offices and visiting each establishment surveyed. 

Other contact methods, such as mail and telephone, were 

used to clarify and update data. 

Occupational selection and classification

Identification of the occupations for which wage data were 

to be collected was a multistep process: 

1. Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment jobs 

2. Classification of jobs into occupations based on the 

2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) 

system 

3. Characterization of jobs as full-time versus parttime, union versus nonunion, and time versus incentive 

4. Determination of the level of work of each job 

 For each occupation, wage data were collected for those 

workers whose jobs could be characterized by the criteria 

identified in the last three steps. If a specific work level 

could not be determined, wages were still collected. 

 In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at each 

establishment by the BLS field economist during a personal 

visit. A complete list of employees was used for sampling, 

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with each selected worker representing a job within the establishment. 

 As with the selection of establishments, the selection of 

a job was based on probability proportional to its size in 

the establishment. The greater the number of people working in a job in the establishment, the greater its chance of 

selection. 

 The number of jobs for which data were collected in 

each establishment was based on the establishment’s employment size. The number of jobs selected followed this 

schedule: 

Number 

of employees

Number 

of selected jobs

1–49 Up to 4 

50–249 6 

250 or more 8 

 The second step of the process entailed classifying the 

selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. NCS 

now uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification 

(SOC) system. A selected job may fall into any one of 

about 800 occupational classifications, from accountant to 

zoologist. For cases in which a job’s duties overlapped two 

or more SOC classification codes, the duties used to set the 

wage level were used to classify the job. Classification by 

primary duties was the fallback. 

 Each occupational classification is an element of a 

broader classification known as a major group. Occupations can fall into any of 22 major groups. Appendix B 

contains a complete list of all individual occupations, classified by the major group to which they belong. 

In step three, certain other job characteristics of the 

chosen worker were identified. First, the worker was identified as holding either a full-time or part-time job, based 

on the establishment’s definition of those terms. Then, the 

worker was classified as having a time versus incentive job, 

depending on whether any part of pay was directly based 

on the actual production of the worker, rather than solely 

on hours worked. Finally, the worker was identified as being in a union job or a nonunion job. See the “Definition of 

terms” section on the following page for more detail. 

Occupational leveling

In the last step before wage data were collected, the work 

level of each selected job was determined using a “point 

factor leveling” process. Point factor leveling matches certain aspects of a job to specific levels of work with assigned point values. Points for each factor are then totaled 

to determine the overall work level for the job. 

 The NCS program is in the process of converting from a 

nine-factor to a four-factor occupational leveling system. 

The conversion is being phased in via annual NCS sample 

replenishment groups and will require several years for full 

implementation. The four occupational leveling factors 

are: 

• Knowledge 

• Job controls and complexity 

• Contacts (nature and purpose) 

• Physical environment 

 Each factor consists of several levels, and each level has 

an associated description and assigned points. A knowledge guide for 24 families of closely related occupations 

contains short definitions of the point levels of knowledge 

expected for the occupations and presents relevant examples. The other three factors use identical descriptions for 

all occupational categories and contain a definition of each 

point level within each factor. 

 The description within each factor best matching the job 

is chosen. The point levels within each factor are designed 

to describe the thresholds of distinct levels of work. When 

a job does not meet the full description of a point level, the 

next lowest point level is used. Points for the four factors 

are totaled to determine the overall work level. NCS publishes data for up to 15 work levels. 

 Most supervisory occupations are evaluated based on 

their duties and responsibilities. A modified approach is 

used for professional and administrative supervisors when 

they direct professional work and are paid primarily to supervise. Such supervisory occupations are leveled based 

on the work level of the highest position reporting to them. 

 For a complete description of point factor leveling, refer 

to the publication “National Compensation Survey: Guide 

for Evaluating Your Firm’s Jobs and Pay,” available at the 

BLS National Compensation Survey Internet site at 

http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbr0004.pdf. 

Combined work levels

This bulletin includes a table which simplifies the presentation of work levels by combining them into four broad 

groups. The groups were determined by combinations of 

knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, physical 

environment, and supervisory duties, and are meant to be 

comparable across different occupations. The broad 

groups and the combined work levels are:

Group 

designation

Levels 

combined

Group I Levels 1–4 

Group II Levels 5–8 

Group III Levels 9–12 

Group IV Levels 13–15 

Collection period

Survey data were collected over a 13-month period for 60 

metropolitan areas in the NCS program. For 20 small metropolitan areas, data were collected over a 4-month period. 

For each establishment in the survey, the data reflect the establishment’s most recent information at the time of collection. The payroll reference month shown in the tables re-
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flects the average date of this information for all sample 

units. 

Earnings

Earnings were defined as regular payments from the employer to the employee as compensation for straight-time 

hourly work, or for any salaried work performed. The following components were included as part of earnings: 

• Incentive pay, including commissions, production 

bonuses, and piece rates 

• Cost-of-living allowances 

• Hazard pay 

• Payments of income deferred due to participation 

in a salary reduction plan 

• Deadhead pay, defined as pay given to transportation workers returning in a vehicle without freight 

or passengers 

 The following forms of payments were not considered 

part of straight-time earnings: 

• Shift differentials, defined as extra payment for 

working a schedule that varies from the norm, such 

as night or weekend work 

• Premium pay for overtime, holidays, and weekends 

• Bonuses not directly tied to production (such as 

Christmas and profit-sharing bonuses) 

• Uniform and tool allowances 

• Free or subsidized room and board 

• Payments made by third parties (for example, tips, 

bonuses given by manufacturers to department 

store salespeople, referral incentives in real estate) 

• On-call pay 

 

 To calculate earnings for various periods (hourly, 

weekly, and annual), data on work schedules also were collected. For hourly workers, scheduled hours worked per 

day and per week, exclusive of overtime, were recorded. 

Annual weeks worked were determined. Because salaried 

workers who are exempt from overtime provisions often 

work beyond the assigned work schedule, their typical 

number of hours actually worked was collected. 

Definition of terms

Full-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be full time. 

Part-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be part time. 

Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are 

solely tied to an hourly rate or salary. 

Incentive worker. Any employee whose earnings are tied, 

at least in part, to commissions, piece rates, production bonuses, or other incentives based on production or sales. 

Nonunion worker. An employee in an occupation not 

meeting the conditions for union coverage. 

Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation 

when all of the following conditions are met: 

• A labor organization is recognized as the bargaining agent for all workers in the occupation 

• Wage and salary rates are determined through collective bargaining or negotiations 

• Settlement terms, which must include earnings provisions and may include benefit provisions, are embodied in a signed, mutually binding collective bargaining agreement

Level. A ranking within an occupation based on the requirements of the position. 

 Processing and analyzing the data

Data were processed and analyzed at the BLS National Office following collection. 

Weighting and nonresponse

Sample weights were calculated for each establishment and 

occupation in the survey. These weights reflected the relative size of the occupation within the establishment and of 

the establishment within the sample universe. Weights 

were used to aggregate data for the individual establishments or occupations into the various data series. Some of 

the establishments surveyed could not supply or refused to 

supply information. If data were not provided by a sample 

member during the initial interview, the weights of responding sample members in the same or similar “cells” 

were adjusted to account for the missing data. This technique assumes that the mean value of data for the nonrespondents equals the mean value of data for the respondents at some detailed “cell” level. Responding and 

nonresponding establishments were classified into these 

cells according to industry and employment size. Responding and nonresponding occupations within responding establishments were classified into cells that were additionally defined by major occupation group. 

 If average hourly earnings data were not provided by a 

sample member during the update interview, then missing 

average hourly earnings were imputed by multiplying prior 

average hourly earning by the rate of change in the average 

hourly earnings of respondents. The regression model that 

takes into account available establishment characteristics is 

used to derive the rate of change in the average hourly 

earnings. 
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 Establishments that were determined to be out of business or outside the scope of the survey had their weights 

changed to zero. If only partial data were given by a sample establishment or occupation, or data were missing, the 

response was treated as a refusal. 

Estimation

The wage series in the tables are computed by combining 

the wages for each sampled occupation. Before being 

combined, individual wage rates are weighted by the number of workers; the sample weight, adjusted for nonresponding establishments and other factors; and the occupation’s scheduled hours of work. The sample weight reflects 

the inverse of each unit’s probability of selection at each 

sample selection stage and four weight adjustment factors. 

The first factor adjusts for establishment nonresponse and 

the second factor adjusts for occupational nonresponse. 

The third factor adjusts for any special situations that may 

have occurred during data collection. The fourth factor, 

postratification, also called benchmarking, is introduced to 

adjust estimated employment totals to the current counts of 

employment by industry. The latest available employment 

counts were used to derive average hourly earnings in this 

publication. 

 Not all calculated series met the criteria for publication. 

Before any series was published, it was reviewed to make 

sure that the number of observations underlying it was sufficient. This review prevented the publication of a series 

that could have revealed information about a specific establishment. 

 Estimates of the number of workers represent the total 

in all establishments within the scope of the study, and not 

the number actually surveyed. Because occupational structures among establishments differ, estimates of the number 

of workers obtained from the sample of establishments 

serve to indicate only the relative importance of the occupational groups studied. 

Percentiles

The percentiles presented in tables 6 through 10 are computed using earnings reported for individual workers in 

sampled establishment jobs and their scheduled hours of 

work. Establishments in the survey may report only individual-worker earnings for each sampled job. For the calculation of percentile estimates, the individual-worker 

hourly earnings are appropriately weighted and then arrayed from lowest to highest. 

 The published 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution within 

each published occupation. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the 

rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the 

rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours 

are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 

75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more 

than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow 

the same logic. 

Data reliability

The data in this bulletin are estimates from a scientifically 

selected probability sample. There are two types of errors 

possible in an estimate based on a sample survey, sampling 

and nonsampling. 

 Sampling errors occur because observations come only 

from a sample and not from an entire population. The 

sample used for this survey is one of a number of possible 

samples of the same size that could have been selected using the sample design. Estimates derived from the different 

samples would differ from each other. 

 A measure of the variation among these differing estimates is called the standard error or sampling error. It indicates the precision with which an estimate from a particular sample approximates the average result of all possible 

samples. The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard 

error divided by the estimate. RSE data are provided 

alongside the earnings data in the bulletin tables. 

 The standard error can be used to calculate a “confidence interval” around a sample estimate. As an example, 

suppose a table shows that mean hourly earnings for all 

workers were $17.75, with a relative standard error of 1.0 

percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for this estimate is from $16.46 to $18.04 

($17.75 minus and plus $0.29, where $0.29 is the product 

of 1.645 times 1.0 percent times $17.75). If all possible 

samples were selected to estimate the population value, the 

interval from each sample would include the true population value approximately 90 percent of the time. 

 Nonsampling errors also affect survey results. They 

can stem from many sources, such as inability to obtain information for some establishments, difficulties with survey 

definitions, inability of the respondents to provide correct 

information, or mistakes in recording or coding the data obtained. Although they were not specifically measured, the 

nonsampling errors were expected to be minimal due to the 

extensive training of the field economists who gathered the 

survey data by personal visit, computer edits of the data, 

and detailed data review. 
Appendix table 1. Number of workers1 represented by the survey, Austin-San

Marcos, TX, April 2006

Occupational group2 Civilian

workers

Private

industry

workers

State and

local

government

workers

All workers .................................................................... 650,800 511,700 139,100

Management, professional, and related ..................... 203,100 118,300 84,900

Management, business, and financial .................... 64,700 37,300 27,400

Professional and related ......................................... 138,400 81,000 57,400

Service ........................................................................ 126,600 111,400 15,200

Sales and office .......................................................... 194,600 165,600 29,000

Sales and related .................................................... 71,000 69,900 -

Office and administrative support ........................... 123,600 95,600 28,000

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 59,000 52,300 6,700

Construction and extraction ................................... 17,300 12,400 5,000

Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... 41,600 39,900 1,700

Production, transportation, and material moving ........ 67,600 64,200 3,400

Production .............................................................. 32,800 31,500 -

Transportation and material moving ....................... 34,800 32,700 2,100

1 The number of workers represented by the

survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of

the number of workers provide a description of size

and composition of the labor force included in the

survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for

comparison to other statistical series to measure

employment trends or levels. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the

2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)

system. See appendix B for more information.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or

that data did not meet publication criteria.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National

Compensation Survey.

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Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April

2006

Establishments Total Private

industry

State and

local

government

Total in sampling frame1 ................................................ 23,438 23,392 46

Total in sample ............................................................... 268 242 26

Responding ............................................................ 188 162 26

Refused or unable to provide data ......................... 38 38 0

Out of business or not in survey scope .................. 42 42 0

1 The NCS selects a sample of business

establishments and State and local government

operations based on the 2002 North American

Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private

industries, an establishment is usually a single

physical location. For State and local governments,

an establishment is defined as all locations of a

government entity.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or

that data did not meet publication criteria.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National

Compensation Survey.

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